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Subject: Environmental Entrepreneurship
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:07:24 +0100
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Dear Colleagues,

"Greener Management International", Issue 38, is a special theme issue:

"ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP"
Edited by Michael Schaper, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

What role do entrepreneurial individuals have to play in the adoption of
more sustainable business practices? The idea of the 'ecopreneur' is not
new. As long ago as 1971, The 'Harvard Business Review' ran a pioneering
article arguing that the ecology movement could provide profitable new
markets for business expansion rather than being simply a drain on
economic activity. However, despite the small but growing body of
literature in the environmental business management field and signs of
the incorporation of the concept in conventional texts on
entrepreneurship, much more needs to be understood about ecopreneurship
from both a research and practical perspective.

This special issue of "Greener Management International" attempts to
answer some of the following important questions relating to
ecopreneurs:

* What constitutes a green entrepreneur? Do such people differ in any
significant way from more conventional entrepreneurs? How ca these
differences be measured (i.e demographically, regarding industry
concentration etc)?. How successful are green entrepreneurs versus their
more conventional counterparts? Is there a 'typical' profile of a green
entrepreneur?

* How does one determine the barriers and triggers to environmental
entrepreneurship? What are the survival and failure rates of such
entrepreneurs? How do these compare with other firms? What is the best
way to measure the success of an ecopreneur (through monetary or
environmental outcomes)? What factors act as either a barrier or a
trigger to their activities? What are the practical steps that can be
taken to foster ecopreneurship in both new and existing firms?

* What Policy Frameworks can promote a greener perspective in existing
and nascent entrepreneurs? What role do legislation, regulation and
industry-support agencies have? How can other stakeholders such as lobby
groups, NGOs, venture capitalists, industry associations and local
communities foster environmental entrepreneurs?

* What are the stories and experiences of past and present ecopreneurs?
What lessons can be learned from them and how can this information be
disseminated to other current and would-be ecopreneurs?
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Table of Contents

* Introduction: The Essence of Ecopreneurship
Michael Schaper, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

* Opportunists, Champions, Mavericks . . . ? A Typology of Green
Entrepreneurs
E.E. (Liz) Walley and D.W. (David) Taylor, Manchester Metropolitan
University Business School, UK

* A Framework for Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental
Managers to Ecopreneurship
Stefan Schaltegger, University of Lüneburg, Germany

* Sustainability Issues for Start-up Entrepreneurs
Hildegard Schick, Sandra Marxen and Jürgen Freimann, University of
Kassel, Germany

* An Insider's Experiences with Environmental Entrepreneurship
Lassi Linnanen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

* The Making of the Ecopreneur	
Robert Isaak, Pace University, USA

* Assessing Ecopreneurship in the Context of a Developing Country: The
Case of India
Astad Pastakia, Ahmedabad, India

* An Entrepreneur Commercialises Conservation: The Case of Earth
Sanctuaries Ltd	
Thierry Volery, Swiss Research Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small
Business




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A limited number of individual copies of this special issue are
available for purchase at the price of £25.00/$45.00. Postage worldwide
is gratis. 

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To place an order, to view all paper abstracts, or to view or download
the "Introduction' by Michael Schaper and the paper " The Making of the
Ecopreneur " by Robert Isaak
please visit the Greenleaf website at:
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/gmi/gmi38.htm

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