Entrepreneurship and the Community
A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Creativity, Social Challenges, and Business
Editors: Ratten, Vanessa (Ed.)
Free Preview- Introduces a new typology of communities in entrepreneurship
- Examines a diverse range of communities in terms of their entrepreneurial behavior
- Provides a coherent stakeholder perspective on the importance of communities for societal change
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- About this book
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Entrepreneurship is the result of various contextual factors in the community, which are shaped by social challenges and business needs. Recent research efforts have focused on the dynamics of communities and how they facilitate entrepreneurship among a diverse group of people and organizations. This book highlights research on the importance of communities and their role in providing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes innovation and business activities. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community that fosters creativity. Sharing valuable insights, it will enhance readers’ understanding of how entrepreneurship is formed by and exists in communities.
- About the authors
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Associate Professor Dr Vanessa Ratten is the Programme Coordinator of the entrepreneurship and innovation degrees at La Trobe Business School, Australia. She has previously served on the business faculties of Deakin University, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Queensland. She has guest edited at journals such as Education and Training, Team Performance, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Journal of Management and Organization, Thunderbird International Business Review and International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Dr Ratten has co-edited six books in the field of entrepreneurship, including sports entrepreneurship and innovation. Her current research focus is on entrepreneurship and diversity.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Entrepreneurship and the Community
Pages 1-6
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The Other Within as Entrepreneurial Agency for Subsistence Entrepreneurs
Pages 7-27
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Effectual Versus Causal International Opportunity Discovery and Creation: Implications for SMES’ Competitive Advantage
Pages 29-48
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Sustainable Crowdfunding for Subsistence Entrepreneurship
Pages 49-62
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A Framework for a Smart City Design: Digital Transformation in the Helsinki Smart City
Pages 63-86
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Entrepreneurship and the Community
- Book Subtitle
- A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Creativity, Social Challenges, and Business
- Editors
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- Vanessa Ratten
- Series Title
- Contributions to Management Science
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-23604-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-23604-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-23603-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-23606-9
- Series ISSN
- 1431-1941
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 176
- Number of Illustrations
- 5 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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