Agrawal / Kumar Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Models

The Case of India
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-74488-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 253 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

Addressing the need for further theorisation and operationalisation of social entrepreneurship in India, this edited collection provides a critical and deeper understanding of the social entrepreneurial ecosystem. Covering topics such as entrepreneurial intentions, empathy, impact investment and standardised social measures, the contributors explore the potential of social entrepreneurship and sustainable business models in an Indian context. Offering empirical cases and presenting a realistic perspective of the social entrepreneurship landscape in India, this collection will undoubtedly be of value to those interested in creating a social and sustainable impact in business and society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agrawal, Anirudh

Kumar, Payal

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Theoretical Contextualization.- 1. Embedding Diversity in Social Entrepreneurial Research: India’s Learning Laboratories; Shambu Prasad and Joseph Satish V.- 2. Education Conversations: Situating Social Enterprise in India’s Education Discourse; Isabel Salovaara.- 3. Foremost Motivational Factors to Become a Social Entrepreneur; Preeti Tiwari and Anil K. Bhat.- 4. Why Worry about Your Impact? Rationale, Challenges, and Support for Indian Social Enterprises’ Impact Measurement; Anar Bhatt.- Part II. Sustainable Business Models and Impact Investing.- 5. Towards a Better Understanding of Business Models of Social Enterprise in an Uncertain Institutional Environment; Deepika Verma and Runa Sarkar.- 6. Circular Social Innovation: A New Paradigm for India’s Sustainable Development; Ashok Prasad and Mathew J Manimala.- 7. Social Entrepreneurship through Micro Entrepreneurs of Self Help Groups; Sangita Dutta Gupta & Susmita Chatterjee.- 8. Stimulated Innovation Cycle to Serve the Poor: A Case of Mann Deshi Mahila Group; Balram Bhushan.- 9. Effectiveness of Impact Investing at the Bottom of the Pyramid; Anirudh Agrawal.

Über Autor(innen)

Anirudh Agrawal is a PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and a Visiting Assisting Professor at Bennett University, India. He was previously a full Assistant Professor at Jindal Global University in India. His areas of interest include social entrepreneurship, impact investing and entrepreneurial ecosystems and he has published and presented articles in a number of international journals and conferences.Payal Kumar is a Professor at BML Munjal University, India, and has rich experience in both the higher education and corporate sectors. As well as being the series editor of the five-volume Palgrave Studies in Leadership and Followership, Payal is also on the editorial board of many international journals.