Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the governmental, economic, and technological factors contributing to a country's innovation ecology that have an impact on sustainable economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – This paper investigates governmental, economic, and...

Purpose This chapter discusses how one bank, committed to social innovation and investment in low-income communities, evolved into a model of socially responsible banking and exemplary community development financial institution. The authors draw lessons from this experience and propose ways to...

The electronic marketplace will necessitate alternative entrepreneurship models. As more organizations enter the arena of electronic commerce, research is needed to examine how entrepreneurs effectively design and integrate new business models and practices in their organizations. The purpose of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how extending social innovation and impact learning to the field was accomplished. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses how experiential learning can be adapted to social entrepreneurship education and how to structure the...

E-businesses are especially prone to rapid, drastic changes and innovations.Entrepreneurs' innovative capabilities come from their ability to create, deploy, integrate, and reconfigure organizationally embedded and rent-generating resources.Three capabilities--functional, integrative, and...