Making Ecopreneurs: Developing Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Contents: Introduction, Michael Schaper Part 1 Concepts: Understanding the green entrepreneur, Michael Schaper Sustainability entrepreneurship: charting a field in emergence, Bradley D. Parrish and Fiona Tilley The making of the ecopreneur, Robert Isaak Beyond the visionary champion: testing a typology of green entrepreneurs, Liz Walley, David Taylor and Karen Greig A framework and typology of ecopreneurship: leading bioneers and environmental managers to ecopreneurship, Stefan Schaltegger Little acorns in action: green entrepreneurship and New Zealand micro-enterprises, Anne de Bruin and Kate Lewis An insider's experiences with environmental entrepreneurship, Lassi Linnanen. Part 2 Contexts and Conditions: Ecopreneurship in India: a review of key drivers and policy environment, Astad Pastakia Sustainability in the start-up process, JA rgen Freimann, Sandra Marxen and Hildegard Schick How venture capital can help build ecopreneurship, Anastasia R. O'Rourke Offsetting the disadvantages of smallness: promoting green entrepreneurs through Industry clusters, Elya Tagar and Chris Cocklin Ecopreneurship, corporate citizenship and sustainable decision-making, David A. Holloway The competitive strategies of ecopreneurs:striving for market leadership by promoting sustainability, Holger Petersen. Part 3 Cases: Entrepreneurship and sustainable tourism: the global gypsies approach, Jim Macbeth and Yamini Narayanan Promoting sustainability, building networks: a green entrepreneur in Mexico, Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner Sustainable harvest international: expanding ecopreneur expertise, Jill A. Kammermeyer and Margaret J. Naumes Sustainability entrepreneurship: organizational innovation at NativeEnergy, Bradley D. Parrish The Mimosa Project, Kumba Jallow. Index.