Entrepreneurship and the sustainable development goals /

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Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 217 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research ; volume 8
Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research ; v. 8.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12020718
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Other authors / contributors:Apostolopoulos, Nikolaos (Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation), editor.
Al-Dajani, Haya, editor.
Holt, Diane, editor.
Jones, Paul, editor.
Newbery, Robert, editor.
ISBN:9781787563759
1787563758
9781787563773
1787563774
9781787563766
1787563766
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 5, 2018).
Summary:Given the compelling need to understand how entrepreneurship can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and be appropriately guided, this book explores how entrepreneurial thinking and action can support social change, and investigates alternative entrepreneurship approaches by drawing together different studies.
Other form:Print version: Entrepreneurship and the sustainable development goals. First edition. Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018 1787563766 9781787563766
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Summary:The sustainable development goals (SDGs) were launched in 2015, as a global agenda for addressing the multiplicity of social and environmental challenges that face communities around the world. But what role might entrepreneurship play in reaching these goals? <br> In the first book of its kind, Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals will encourage you to think about the critical role that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs might play in supporting sustainable development. More than twenty authors from across Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe explore a fascinating mix of enterprises and sustainable development initiatives to illustrate the capacity of entrepreneurship as the engine for transforming our world and overcoming the diverse nature of these global challenges. Structured into three provocative sections this book explores: * Social change and entrepreneurship through the lens of the SDGs; * Organisational practices and innovation towards the SDGs; * Entrepreneurship, gender equality and empowerment towards the SDGs <br> Journey through the stories of tribal enterprises in India, to cacao framers in Ghana, small and medium sized businesses in Greece, social enterprises in Kenya, Zambia and the USA and many others to see the powerful force that entrepreneurship can be for promoting poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781787563759
1787563758
9781787563773
1787563774
9781787563766
1787563766