Essays about: "institutional entrepreneurship"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 71 essays containing the words institutional entrepreneurship.

  1. 6. Accelerating Regions: How Accelerators Adapt to Institutional, Social, and Spatial Contexts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Niaz Patwary; Melissa Mae Cruz; [2023]
    Keywords : accelerators; regional context; Dhaka; Bangladesh; Skåne; Sweden; social; spatial; institutional; constraints; emerging ecosystems; emerging regions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Given the calls to examine accelerators across different regions and contexts, we ask the research question: How do accelerators adapt to institutional, social, and spatial constraints of emerging and established ecosystems? With this research question, we conduct qualitative research to understand how two different accelerators, one located in Skåne, Sweden and another located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, are affected and shaped by their contexts. These cases were deliberately selected to contrast the regional constraints stemming from established and emerging regions (Eisenhardt and Gaebner, 2007). READ MORE

  2. 7. Cultivating Resilient Local Food Systems: Identifying opportunities and strategies for sustainable public procurement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Madison Sherwood-Walter; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Local Food Systems; Public Procurement; Innovation; Agricultural Policy; Rural Development;

    Abstract : The industrialization of the global food system has drastically altered agricultural practices, transitioning from small-scale, subsistence farming to large-scale, transnational supply chains dominated by agribusinesses. While this shift has increased productivity, it has led to environmental degradation, economic inequity, and loss of traditional agricultural knowledge. READ MORE

  3. 8. (Re) Shaping the South African food system : a case study on alternative food system actors and the potential to transform the South African food system towards more inclusiveness

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

    Author : Johanna Magdalena Scheiber; [2023]
    Keywords : alternative food system; social inclusion; youth; social capital; collective action; South Africa;

    Abstract : Conventional food systems have proven to exploit natural resources and deepen socio-economic disparities, with South Africa’s youth suffering particularly from these effects due to the historic burden of structural inequalities. Alternative food systems (AFSs) have the potential to transform the conventional agri-food value chains into inclusive and more sustainable systems with the social inclusion of youth acting as a driving force. READ MORE

  4. 9. The challenges of entrepreneurs to develop renewable energy businesses in Kutubdia, Bangladesh : A comparison through the lens of local, industry and institutional perspective.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Monta Martinsone; Sakib Ahad Khan; [2022]
    Keywords : Renewable Energy; Developing countries; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Sustainability;

    Abstract : This paper explores the Renewable Energy in Bangladesh and identifies the current challenges for renewable energy entrepreneurs to develop sustainable and reliable energy generation prospects across the country. Theoretical frameworks are developed through the concepts of industry, society, and government and value creation. READ MORE

  5. 10. A Gender Perspective on Corporate Entrepreneurship - Closing the gender gap(s) in Corporate Innovation: Understanding Intrapreneurship as Position-taking

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

    Author : Isabelle Edenborg; [2022]
    Keywords : corporate entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship; innovation; gender; Bourdieu;

    Abstract : Increasing women's representation in innovation, as the foremost source of economic growth and technological development, has been on the agenda amongst policy-makers and corporations for years. Despite this, research on corporate entrepreneurship, as an increasingly applied strategy for innovation and business renewal, and the interrelated intrapreneurship concept, are signified by gender blindness. READ MORE