Essays about: "Eco-preneurship"

Found 2 essays containing the word Eco-preneurship.

  1. 1. Sustainopreneurship - Business with a Cause : Conceptualizing Entrepreneurship for Sustainability

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, EHV

    Author : Anders Abrahamsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Eco-preneurship; Sustainability Entrepreneurship; Sustainopreneurship; Enactive Research; On a Mission; Ignition; Open Space Technology;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a tentative definition of the concept of sustainopreneurship - in the most simplified form described as entrepreneurship and innovation for sustainability - “Business with a Cause”. The concept takes its departure from generic entrepreneurship theory development, its extensions and further contextualization into the domains of sustainability, primarily through recent research. READ MORE

  3. 2. Entrepreneurs as Change Agents to Move Communities towards Sustainability

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för maskinteknik

    Author : Laura MacKay; Ann Scheerer; Tomomi Takada; [2005]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; sustainability entrepreneurship; community development; social entrepreneurship; eco-preneurship; community entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship; sustainability.;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that since the current global economic system contributes to the degradation of local economies and communities, alternative economic models based on multiple self-reliant economies led by community-based entrepreneurs could create a basis for a more sustainable global society. The research questions work to clarify how this vision of an alternate economic structure could become reality, and identify a gap in the skills base of current progressive entrepreneurs. READ MORE