Entrepreneurs' creative responses to institutional challenges : insider perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa / / Emiel L. Eijdenberg (James Cook University, Singapore), Neil A. Thompson (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965773703321
• Autore: Eijdenberg Emiel L.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 9781839095429; 1839095423; 9781839095443; 183909544X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 114 pages)
• Collana: Emerald points
• Disciplina: 658.421
• Soggetti: Entrepreneurship - Environmental aspects; Entrepreneurship - Tanzania; Entrepreneurship - Zambia; Business & Economics - Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- ENTREPRENEURS' CREATIVE RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES -- ENTREPRENEURS' CREATIVE RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES: Insider Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Challenging Institutional Contexts -- 1.1 Entrepreneurship and Institutions -- 1.2 Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development -- 1.3 Purpose of This Book -- 2. Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tanzania and Zambia Country Profiles -- 2.1 Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 2.2 Institutional Context of Tanzania and Zambia -- 2.2.1 Country Profile: Tanzania -- 2.2.2 Country Profile: Zambia -- 2.3 Sustainability ; Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. The Need for Insiders' Views -- 3.1 Research Design -- 3.2 Data Collection -- 3.3 Data Analysis -- 4. Institutional Constraints and Enablers of Sustainability Practices by Entrepreneurs in Tanzania and Zambia -- 4.1 Findings from Tanzania -- 4.1.1 Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views -- 4.1.2 Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.1.3 Conclusion: Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices -- 4.1.4 Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views -- 4.1.5 Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.1.6 Conclusion: Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices -- 4.1.7 Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views -- 4.1.8 Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.1.9 Conclusion: Sustainability Practices -- 4.2 Findings from Zambia -- 4.2.1 Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views.; 4.2.2 Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.2.3 Conclusion: Institutional Constraints regarding Sustainability Practices -- 4.2.4 Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views -- 4.2.5 Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.2.6 Conclusion: Institutional Enablers regarding Sustainability Practices -- 4.2.7 Sustainability Practices: Entrepreneurs' Views -- 4.2.8 Sustainability Practices: Experts' Views -- 4.2.9 Conclusion: Sustainability Practices -- 4.3 Putting the Most Important Insider Views Together -- 5. Concluding Discussion -- 5.1 Theoretical Contributions to Existing Literature -- 5.2 Limitations and Future Implications -- 5.3 Practical Implications -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Entrepreneurs' creative responses to institutional challenges in sub-Saharan Africa examines institutional constraints and enablers of Tanzanian and Zambian entrepreneurs in sustainability practices. Exploring how entrepreneurs contribute to societal and environmental well-being despite the challenging institutional context in which they operate.