Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability: an introduction and overview -- Section I: Integrative views of the EIS nexus -- 2 The nexus of innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability: making the case for a multi-level approach -- 3 Implementation of sustainable innovations and business models -- Section II: Corporate entrepreneurship for sustainability- improving innovation -- 4 Creating a culture of sustainability in entrepreneurial enterprises -- 5 Corporate entrepreneurship and organisational innovation: the case of environmental management system implementation -- Section III: EIS in mature industries -- 6 The role of government in shifting firm innovation focus in the automobile industry -- 7 Drivers for sustainability-improving innovation: a qualitative analysis of renewable resources, industrial products and travel services -- Section IV: EIS in developing countries -- 8 Obstacles to innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana: an analysis of opportunities for sustainable development -- 9 The social sustainability of entrepreneurship: an ethnographic study of entrepreneurial balancing of plural logics -- 10 Business, but not as usual: entrepreneurship and sustainable development in low-income economies -- Section V: EIS in small firms -- 11 Corporate social responsibility in the relationships between large retailers and Italian small and medium food suppliers -- 12 Market demand, eco-products and entrepreneurship in the 'natural cosmetics sector' in Greece -- Section VI: EIS in a network perspective -- 13 Publicly mediated inter-organisational networks: a solution for sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs? -- 14 Sustainability-improving innovation: empirical insights and relationships with sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship -- About the contributors.

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This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.