Essays about: "Ann Scheerer"

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  1. 1. 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