Essays about: "eco entrepreneurship"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words eco entrepreneurship.

  1. 11. Proactive integration of environmental con-cerns in business operations and organiza-tional structure: ECD&M and EMS : Case studies: Volvo Buses, Trelleborg AB, Kinnarps AB

    University essay from JIBS Entrepreneurship Centre; IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

    Author : Anna Gazhilieva; Andrea Pino Avila; [2010]
    Keywords : ECD M; EMS; environmental; manufacturing;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, industrial development has brought prosperity and wealth together with triggering unintended ecological degradation. Therefore, a modern society has increasingly demanded companies to take responsibilities for the effects of those business activities that have a negative impact on the environment. READ MORE

  2. 12. Ecopreneurship in Theory and Practice : A Proposed Emerging Framework for Ecopreneurship

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : David Kainrath; [2009]
    Keywords : Ecopreneurship; Eco-Innovation; Eco-Opportunity; Eco-Commitment; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Green Company;

    Abstract : What is Ecopreneurship? This thesis proposes to define ecopreneurship in theory, and to increase the understanding of it in practice. Ecopreneurship can be seen as one of several ways of doing business in a more environmentally friendly way. It is conzeptualized as the intersection of entrepreneurship theory and sustainability studies. READ MORE

  3. 13. 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

  4. 14. 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