Entrepreneurs’ Creative Responses to Institutional Challenges: Insider Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa

Author:   Emiel L. Eijdenberg (James Cook University, Singapore) ,  Neil A. Thompson (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9781839095450


Pages:   132
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Entrepreneurship has long been recognized as a key socioeconomic activity that is essential for regional economic development. Entrepreneurship research in developing countries often uses macro level or meso level analyses of large surveys to examine institutional constraints and enablers of entrepreneurial activities, which can mask fascinating insights on day to day practices. This book reveals insider perspectives of the everyday struggles of Tanzanian and Zambian entrepreneurs by distinguishing institutional constraints and enablers, and sustainability practices as responses to those opportunities and barriers. The book contributes to existing literature by providing entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to illustrate how their institutional context influences their sustainability practices at the micro level. Written for scholars of Business and Entrepreneurship, this book showcases how entrepreneurs use creative and bricolage methods to implement sustainability practices that contribute to social and environmental well-being.

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Author:   Emiel L. Eijdenberg (James Cook University, Singapore) ,  Neil A. Thompson (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight:   0.149kg
ISBN:  

9781839095450


ISBN 10:   1839095458
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Entrepreneurship and sustainable development in challenging institutional contexts;  Chapter 2. Entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa: Tanzania and Zambia country profiles;  Chapter 3. The need for insiders’ views;  Chapter 4. Institutional constraints and enablers of sustainability practices by entrepreneurs in Tanzania and Zambia; Chapter 5. Concluding discussion; 

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Dr. Emiel L. Eijdenberg is Senior Lecturer at James Cook University, Singapore. Dr. Eijdenberg's research interests focus on entrepreneurship in emerging countries. Dr. Eijdenberg is particularly interested in the personal attributes of entrepreneurs and how these attributes are related to the sustainable growth of their businesses.  Dr. Neil A. Thompson is Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Organization Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Thompson's ongoing research covers topics related to entrepreneurship as practice, organizational creativity, new venture creation, sustainable development, organization theory, institutional theory, organizational change, new industry development, economic sociology, and historical methods.

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