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Ecopreneurship : Business practices for a sustainable future / Niels Robert Schneider.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: De Gruyter Studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 215 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110684582
  • 9783110684698
  • 9783110684636
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.421 23
LOC classification:
  • HB615 .S36 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature review -- 3 Qualitative methods in ecopreneurship research -- 4 Firm level analysis of ecopreneurial business practices -- 5 An examination of ecopreneurial practices in a supply network context -- 6 Discussion of ecopreneurial practices from a multilevel perspective -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A – Interview guide -- Appendix B – Cost functions of agricultural production -- Appendix C – Map of South West UK -- List of abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index
Summary: This research monograph answers the question how sustainability driven entrepreneurs (ecopreneurs) deliver their sustainability goals through their business practices. The research draws on data from 12 case studies set within the food industry. The analysis takes a firm level and a supply chain level perspective and provides insights to the interconnected nature of sustainability goals within and across firms. It provides theoretical propositions that show one approach of how to conduct business in a way that works for the planet and people in addition to shareholders. This presents an alternative understanding of organisational performance that builds the foundation for many avenues of future research into sustainable management. The research combines the remote areas of supply chain management and entrepreneurship at the intersection of sustainability. This novel approach and the insights from the business practice exploration, offer many avenues for further research beyond entrepreneurship and supply chain management. This book will be of interest to academics in management research and also to people with an academic background that work together with sustainability driven and/ or social entrepreneurs, who could benefit from the insights into how sustainability goals are delivered through business practices and the relevant trade-offs faced by ecopreneurs.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature review -- 3 Qualitative methods in ecopreneurship research -- 4 Firm level analysis of ecopreneurial business practices -- 5 An examination of ecopreneurial practices in a supply network context -- 6 Discussion of ecopreneurial practices from a multilevel perspective -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A – Interview guide -- Appendix B – Cost functions of agricultural production -- Appendix C – Map of South West UK -- List of abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index

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This research monograph answers the question how sustainability driven entrepreneurs (ecopreneurs) deliver their sustainability goals through their business practices. The research draws on data from 12 case studies set within the food industry. The analysis takes a firm level and a supply chain level perspective and provides insights to the interconnected nature of sustainability goals within and across firms. It provides theoretical propositions that show one approach of how to conduct business in a way that works for the planet and people in addition to shareholders. This presents an alternative understanding of organisational performance that builds the foundation for many avenues of future research into sustainable management. The research combines the remote areas of supply chain management and entrepreneurship at the intersection of sustainability. This novel approach and the insights from the business practice exploration, offer many avenues for further research beyond entrepreneurship and supply chain management. This book will be of interest to academics in management research and also to people with an academic background that work together with sustainability driven and/ or social entrepreneurs, who could benefit from the insights into how sustainability goals are delivered through business practices and the relevant trade-offs faced by ecopreneurs.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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