Innovation in the face of tension: Lessons from a sustainable social enterprise

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Malhotra, Aastha. 2016. "Innovation in the face of tension: Lessons from a sustainable social enterprise." Nicolopoulou, Katerina, Karatas-Ozkan, Mine, Janssen, Frank and Jermier, John (ed.) Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. New York, United States. Routledge. pp. 170-186
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Innovation in the face of tension: Lessons from a sustainable social enterprise

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID3137
3415
Book TitleSustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
Authors
AuthorMalhotra, Aastha
EditorsNicolopoulou, Katerina, Karatas-Ozkan, Mine, Janssen, Frank and Jermier, John
Page Range170-186
SeriesRoutledge Research in Sustainability and Business
Chapter Number9
Number of Pages17
Year2016
PublisherRoutledge
Taylor & Francis
Place of PublicationNew York, United States
ISBN9781138812666
9781315748665
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315748665
Web Address (URL)https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315748665/sustainable-entrepreneurship-social-innovation-katerina-nicolopoulou-mine-karatas-ozkan-frank-janssen-john-jermier
Abstract

The importance of recognising and addressing social and environmental issues through long-term and sustainable solutions is well-established. Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity and acceptance of entrepreneurship as a tool to not only provide these solutions, but also develop enduring products and processes, preserve nature and ecosystems, reduce environmental degradation as well as deliver economic and non-economic benefits (Cohen and Winn, 2007; Dean and McMullen, 2007; Shepherd and Patzelt, 2011). This has resulted in the emergence of a promising field of enquiry termed as sustainable entrepreneurship, that is informed by literature on sustainable development, entrepreneurship, ecopreneurship, environmental entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship among others (Mair and Marti, 2006; Lu, 2014; Schaltegger and Wagner; 2010; Shepherd and Patzelt, 2011). Contributing to the above discussion, the proposed chapter will explore the sustainability dimensions relevant to social enterprises and examine the tensions that arise in their pursuit as well as practices used to resolve them in the context of the Indian nonprofit and social enterprise landscape.

Keywordssocial innovation, case study
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020350708. Not-for-profit business and management
440407. Socio-economic development
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