The business of social and environmental innovation [electronic resource] : new frontiers in Africa / Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL, editors.
Bitzer, Verena, editor.; Hamann, Ralph, editor.; Hall, Martin, editor.; Griffin-EL, Eliada Wosu, editor.
2015
HC800.Z9
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The business of social and environmental innovation [electronic resource] : new frontiers in Africa / Verena Bitzer, Ralph Hamann, Martin Hall, Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL, editors.
ISBN
9783319040516 electronic book
3319040510 electronic book
9783319040509
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04051-6
Published
Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-319-04051-6 doi
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HC800.Z9
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.96
Summary
In the face of limited progress toward addressing poverty and resource degradation, increasing attention has been paid 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. This book contributes to the growing body of scholarly work on social and environmental innovation with the two-fold aim of studying the role of business in creating such innovation and focusing the analysis to the African context. To cover the various terrains of social and environmental innovation, this book contains novel empirical cases looking at social or environmental enterprises, social intrapreneurship and innovation in incumbent businesses, and social innovation through cross-sector collaboration. The final part of the book focuses on the implications for academics, exploring the role of universities and business schools in social innovation.
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Bitzer, Verena, editor.
Hamann, Ralph, editor.
Hall, Martin, editor.
Griffin-EL, Eliada Wosu, editor.
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PART I: Introduction
1. The Business of Social and Environmental Innovation: Introduction
PART II: Entrepreneurs
2. Innovations in Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Biofuel Production: The Case of Tanzanian Outgrowers Cultivating Jatropha for the Global Biofuel Chain
3. Social Innovation Through Development Franchising: Compensating for a Lack of Entrepreneurial Expertise and Connecting to Formal Supply Chains
4. Social and Environmental Enterprises in Africa: Context, Convergence and Characteristics
PART III: Corporations
5. The Evolution of a Sustainability Leader: The Development of Strategic and Boundary Spanning Organizational Innovation Capabilities in Woolworths
6. Obstacles To Firms? Adoption of Socially Embedded Approaches To Bop Markets
7. An Integrated Approach To Poverty Alleviation: Roles of the Private Sector, Government and Civil Society
Part IV: Partnerships
8. Practitioner Case Study: Key Factors for The Successful Implementation of Stakeholder Partnerships: The Case of the African Cashew Initiative
9. From Concord To Conflict: A Conceptual Analysis of a Partnership for Social Innovation
10. Fostering Innovation for Sustainable Food Security: The Southern Africa Food Lab
PART V: Teaching
11. Against Inequality: Towards a Curriculum for Social and Environmental Innovation
12. The Social Innovation Lab: An Experiment in the Pedagogy of Institutional Work
Index.

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