Essays about: "institutional entrepreneurship"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 71 essays containing the words institutional entrepreneurship.

  1. 31. For the People, for the Planet: How Social Entrepreneurs in the Global South and Facilitators from the Global North Construct Legitimacy for the Field of Social Entrepreneurship

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Eva Katzer; [2019]
    Keywords : Social Entrepreneurship; Legitimacy; Discursive Institutionalism; Global South; Sub-Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : In efforts to leverage private sector approaches for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), social entrepreneurship has gained popularity drawing on a hybrid approach of business-minded strategies for pursuing a social mission. Legitimacy construction serves to justify resource allocation by facilitators from the Global North and pitch for resource acquisition by social entrepreneurs in the Global South. READ MORE

  2. 32. The Role Of Institutions In Promoting Entrepreneurship In The Nigerian Fashion Industry

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Esther Ominijei; [2019]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; institutions; fashion industry; Nigeria;

    Abstract : As the oil sources continue to become depleted and global oil prices continue to drop, there are concerns that the current pattern of growth and development in Nigeria, a country that is heavily dependent on natural resources such as oil as drivers of economic growth, is neither inclusive nor sustainable. In order to shift its focus from the natural resource dependency dynamic, create employment and most importantly, stimulate sustainable economic growth; there is an urgent need for the Nigerian economy to begin harnessing and cultivate their underutilized resources and industries such as the fashion industry. READ MORE

  3. 33. Life and strife of modern organic farmers : cases from Sweden, Cambodia, and Bali

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Filippo Valsecchi; [2019]
    Keywords : agriculture; WWOOF; ethnography; multicase study; typology; new social movement; risk; habitus;

    Abstract : Organic farming forms an integral part of the current environmental discourse of “saving the planet” through more ecological forms of cultivation and lifestyle. Yet, beneath this common denominator, the global organic movement encompasses an impressive spectrum of experiences varying along such factors as geographical loca-tion, farm size, work organization, personal attributes, institutional framework, busi-ness style, normative ideals, and farming techniques. READ MORE

  4. 34. To lead or to follow: Translating innovative technologies as a result of industrial fashion

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Patrik Kindmark; Emil Thunberg; [2018-07-03]
    Keywords : Actor network theory; translation; innovation; organizational fashion; problematization; Industry 4.0;

    Abstract : As the technologies included in the concept of ‘Industry 4.0’ have been hailed as to be ushering in a fourth industrial revolution, corporations within the industrial sector strive to adopt innovative information technology (IT) systems in order to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage – or to avoid redundancy. READ MORE

  5. 35. Differences in perception on entrepreneurial learning and venture development in a social accelerator – A case study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christina Bollmann; Constanze Mauk; [2018]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship Accelerator Social entrepreneurship Differences in perception Effective start-up methods; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Existing literature on entrepreneurial learning and venture development within accelerators is limited to the perspective of the organisers of such programs. ost studies have been conducted on developed for high-tech ventures in commercial sectors. READ MORE