Transformational Entrepreneurship

To achieve progress in society and business practices, more entrepreneurship is needed to encourage action and enhance social capital in society, and transformational entrepreneurship may be the key. Transformational entrepreneurship offers a way of integrating sustainability practices whilst focusing on sustainable future trends. This book discusses how transformational entrepreneurship uses novel business practices to reduce inequality in the marketplace and how it transforms society through creative solutions that enable change. The book provides useful insight into better understanding this emerging concept.

1 Transformational entrepreneurship: an overview Vanessa Ratten and Paul Jones 2 Disclosure of social impact in agrifood entrepreneurial initiatives Elisa Baraibar-Diez, Maria Odriozola and Ladislao Luna Sotorrio 3 Sustainable transformational entrepreneurship at Arouca UNESCO geopark, Portugal Vanessa Ratten, Antonio Duarte, Carla Susana Marques and Vitor Braga 4 Development of transformational social entrepreneurship through innovation determinants in the handicraft industry of the Wayuu community in Colombia Stephanie Juliette Moreno Hernández, Jessica Rubiano Moreno and Carlos López Hernández 5 Innovation in informal ethnic entrepreneurship – a result of the opening of the EU’s borders? Alexandra David and Judith Terstriep 6 Exploring the excellence in socially responsible human resource practices: a case study from Spain Jesus Barrena-Martinez, Macarena Lopez-Fernandez and Pedro Romero-Fernandez 7 The post-mining boom: what next? the innovation agenda of Fortescue Metals Group: a qualitative case study Ethan Samuel Miller and Joanna Poyago-Theotoky 8 Individual innovativeness, entrepreneurial creativity and religious capital: the role of transformational entrepreneurship in Tunisia Waleed Omri 9 Cultural leadership ideals and cultural practices leading to women’s participation in transformational entrepreneurial leadership Pedro Torres and Mário Augusto 10 Open innovation, knowledge creation and capability building: the case analysis of transformational entrepreneurship at Alibaba and SHOP.COM Connie Zheng and Cynthia Laurin 11 Collaborative innovation: a viable strategy to solve complex transformational social issues in sport? Anne Tjønndal 12 The future for transformational entrepreneurship Vanessa Ratten and Paul Jones

Vanessa Ratten is Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. Paul Jones is Professor at Coventry University, United Kingdom.