Using Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation to Mitigate Wealth Inequality (The Alexandra Lajoux Corporate Governance Series)

Hamlin, Thomas S. S.

ISBN 10: 1547416610 ISBN 13: 9781547416615

Verlag: De|G Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Economic inequality continues to contribute to political and social instability around the world. This instability stifles development and results in widening the wealth gap between the “haves” and “have nots,” further eroding stability. It has been argued that entrepreneurship is a prime contributor to this vicious cycle. Using Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation to Mitigate Wealth Inequality contends that this is only true when the opportunity for entrepreneurship is limited to a few. The authors maintain that when entrepreneurship is open to anyone who is properly motivated, innovative, and has a goal of growth for their enterprise, it helps build wealth for a greater number of people. The concept of “social entrepreneurship” is introduced, where entrepreneurship becomes a vehicle for explicitly addressing community-based economic and social challenges using markets. The book uses examples of entrepreneurial projects and programs that have attempted to address inequality to discuss entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy and its role in addressing the challenges of economic inequality. It advocates thinking and acting systemically, creating and sustaining entrepreneurial support ecosystems, in order to generate the synergy required to scale up development and transform our economies and provides a distinctive perspective on a pressing social and economic issue, with significant implications for the future of the United States and the world.

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Thomas S. Lyons, Roger E. Hamlin, Michigan State University; Amanda Hamlin, Oakton Community College

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: De|G Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1547416610
• ISBN 13: 9781547416615
• Einband: Broschiert
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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