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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Schaper , Professor Guler Aras , Professor David CrowtherPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Gower Publishing Ltd Edition: 2nd edition Weight: 0.884kg ISBN: 9780566088759ISBN 10: 0566088754 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 28 June 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Concepts; 1: Understanding the Green Entrepreneur; 2: Sustainability Entrepreneurship: Charting a Field in Emergence; 3: The Making of the Ecopreneur; 4: Beyond the Visionary Champion: Testing a Typology of Green Entrepreneurs; 5: A Framework and Typology of Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental Managers to Ecopreneurship; 6: Little Acorns in Action: Green Entrepreneurship and New Zealand Micro-Enterprises; 7: An Insider's Experiences with Environmental Entrepreneurship; 2: Contexts and Conditions; 8: Ecopreneurship in India: A Review of Key Drivers and Policy Environment; 9: Sustainability in the Start-up Process 1; 10: How Venture Capital Can Help Build Ecopreneurship; 11: Offsetting the Disadvantages of Smallness: Promoting Green Entrepreneurs through Industry Clusters; 12: Ecopreneurship, Corporate Citizenship and Sustainable Decision-making; 13: The Competitive Strategies of Ecopreneurs: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability; 3: Cases; 14: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Tourism: The Global Gypsies Approach; 15: Promoting Sustainability, Building Networks: A Green Entrepreneur in Mexico; 16: Sustainable Harvest International: Expanding Ecopreneur Expertise; 17: Sustainability Entrepreneurship: Organizational Innovation at NativeEnergy; 18: The Mimosa Project 1Reviews'...must reading for researchers, educators, students, policy makers, and practitioners. Global in scope, it has the ability to speak directly to you about the world of sustainability, entrepreneurship, and business across timeless text and compelling cases. Professor Schaper has assembled an outstanding array of chapter authors writing on topics that are both timely and informative. Whether you read it cover to cover or jump around from chapter to chapter, my bet is you will want to read more.' Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati, Past President, ICSB Reviews from the first edition: '...the diverse chapters and case studies in this book provide compelling insights on the nature of the challenges involved in entrepreneurship in the context of both developed and emerging countries. covering such issues as types of ecopreneurs, green market opportunity identification, consumer education, venture capital and ecotourism, with actual case experiences, the book makes a valuable contribution to a critical , yet under-researched facet of sustainability' Professor Edwin R. Stafford, Utah State University, USA '...Schaper's book is a necessary addition to any library focusing on environment, entrepreneurship, or ethics in the international arena' Business Information Alert '...must reading for researchers, educators, students, policy makers, and practitioners. Global in scope, it has the ability to speak directly to you about the world of sustainability, entrepreneurship, and business across timeless text and compelling cases. Professor Schaper has assembled an outstanding array of chapter authors writing on topics that are both timely and informative. Whether you read it cover to cover or jump around from chapter to chapter, my bet is you will want to read more.' Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati, Past President, ICSB Reviews from the first edition: '...the diverse chapters and case studies in this book provide compelling insights on the nature of the challenges involved in entrepreneurship in the context of both developed and emerging countries. covering such issues as types of ecopreneurs, green market opportunity identification, consumer education, venture capital and ecotourism, with actual case experiences, the book makes a valuable contribution to a critical , yet under-researched facet of sustainability' Professor Edwin R. Stafford, Utah State University, USA '...Schaper's book is a necessary addition to any library focusing on environment, entrepreneurship, or ethics in the international arena' Business Information Alert Author InformationDr Michael T. Schaper is an Adunct Professor at Curtin Business School, at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, and former president of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |