Overview
- Introduces a new typology of communities in entrepreneurship
- Examines a diverse range of communities in terms of their entrepreneurial behavior
- Provides a coherent stakeholder perspective on the importance of communities for societal change
Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- Community based entrepreneurship
- Ethnographical studies on entrepreneurship
- Financial literacy in communities
- Artisan entrepreneurship in handicrafts
- Indigenous communities and business
- Community based startups
- Entrepreneurship among Chinese immigrants
- Technology acquisition by small business communities
- Research on community entrepreneurship
About this book
Entrepreneurship is the result of various contextual factors in the community, which are shaped by social challenges and business needs. Recent research efforts have focused on the dynamics of communities and how they facilitate entrepreneurship among a diverse group of people and organizations. This book highlights research on the importance of communities and their role in providing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes innovation and business activities. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community that fosters creativity. Sharing valuable insights, it will enhance readers’ understanding of how entrepreneurship is formed by and exists in communities.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Entrepreneurship and the Community
Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Creativity, Social Challenges, and Business
Editors: Vanessa Ratten
Series Title: Contributions to Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23604-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23603-8Published: 04 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23606-9Published: 04 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23604-5Published: 26 August 2019
Series ISSN: 1431-1941
Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 176
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entrepreneurship, Social Work and Community Development, Ethnography, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking