Overview
- One of the few books to examine the role of business in social and environmental innovation, particularly in the context of Africa
- Addresses entrepreneurship, large companies, cross-sector collaboration initiatives, and the role of academia and teachers
- Frames and complements empirical contributions in a synthesis of key theories and concepts
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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An Entrepreneurial Lens to Social Innovation
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Strategies for Incumbent Businesses to Engage in Social Innovation and BoP Markets
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Cross-Sector Collaboration and Social Innovation
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Social Innovation and the Role of Higher Education
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Back Matter
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About this book
In the face of limited progress toward meeting Millennium Development Goals or addressing climate change and resource degradation, increasing attention turns to harnessing the entrepreneurial, innovative, managerial and financial capacities of business for improved social and environmental outcomes. A more proactive role for business in sustainable development is especially pertinent in sub-Saharan Africa, which has been plagued by conflict and poverty but shows signs of a brighter future as the world’s second-fastest-growing region.
The book considers how the socio-economic context influences the objectives of social innovation and even our definition of what we mean by social innovation. Secondly, the book aims to show how social innovation initiatives emerge and fare in context of the limited ability of many African countries to provide public goods and services.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation
Book Subtitle: New Frontiers in Africa
Editors: Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04051-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04050-9Published: 20 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35639-6Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04051-6Published: 05 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 235
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Education, general