The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa

The business of social and environmental innovation : new frontiers in Africa / Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL, editors.

In the face of limited progress toward addressing poverty and resource degradation, increasing attention has been paid to harnessing the entrepreneurial, innovative, managerial and financial capacities of business for improved social and environmental outcomes. A more proactive role for business in...

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Other Authors: Bitzer, Verena (Editor), Hamann, Ralph (Editor), Hall, Martin (Editor), Griffin-EL, Eliada Wosu (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2015.
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Africa.
Environmental economics > Africa.
Social responsibility of business > Africa.
management.
entrepreneurs.
sustainable development.
Sociology: work & labour.
Entrepreneurship.
Sustainability.
Education.
Research & development management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Environmental economics
Social responsibility of business
Sustainable development
Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: Introduction
  • 1. The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation: Introduction
  • PART II: Entrepreneurs
  • 2. Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Biofuel Production: The Case of Tanzanian Outgrowers Cultivating Jatropha for the Global Biofuel Chain
  • 3. Social Innovation Through Development Franchising: Compensating for a Lack of Entrepreneurial Expertise and Connecting to Formal Supply Chains
  • 4. Social and Environmental Enterprises in Africa: Context, Convergence and Characteristics
  • PART III: Corporations
  • 5. The Evolution of a Sustainability Leader: The Development of Strategic and Boundary Spanning Organizational Innovation Capabilities in Woolworths
  • 6. Obstacles To Firms? Adoption of Socially Embedded Approaches To Bop Markets
  • 7. An Integrated Approach To Poverty Alleviation: Roles of the Private Sector, Government and Civil Society
  • Part IV: Partnerships
  • 8. Practitioner Case Study: Key Factors for The Successful Implementation of Stakeholder Partnerships: The Case of the African Cashew Initiative
  • 9. From Concord To Conflict: A Conceptual Analysis of a Partnership for Social Innovation
  • 10. Fostering Innovation for Sustainable Food Security: The Southern Africa Food Lab
  • PART V: Teaching
  • 11. Against Inequality: Towards a Curriculum for Social and Environmental Innovation
  • 12. The Social Innovation Lab: An Experiment in the Pedagogy of Institutional Work
  • Index.

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