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The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation

New Frontiers in Africa

  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation

      • Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann
      Pages 3-24
  3. Strategies for Incumbent Businesses to Engage in Social Innovation and BoP Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
  4. Cross-Sector Collaboration and Social Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Fostering Innovation for Sustainable Food Security: The Southern Africa Food Lab

      • Milla McLachlan, Ralph Hamann, Vanessa Sayers, Candice Kelly, Scott Drimie
      Pages 163-181
  5. Social Innovation and the Role of Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. The Social Innovation Lab: An Experiment in the Pedagogy of Institutional Work

      • Warren Nilsson, Francois Bonnici, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL
      Pages 201-212
  6. Erratum

    • Petra Kuenkel, Andrew Aitken
    Pages E1-E1
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 233-235

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

  • Graduate School of Business University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 79.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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