Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toward Poverty Reduction

Business, entrepreneurship, and government can reduce poverty by providing opportunities for the poor to generate income and assets. Entrepreneurship can change attitudes and behaviors, and the sharing economy can provide opportunities for everyone to be a micro-entrepreneur. This book provides valuable analyses of poverty and business, entrepreneurship, and innovation in developing and developed countries.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The reduction of poverty in both countries and regions has been a major focus for researchers and policymakers in recent years. Governments have a crucial role to play in assisting the poor through non-profit organizations and other initiatives that promote business among the impoverished. Additionally, businesses are increasingly recognizing the significant number of people living in severe poverty as a market with untapped potential for goods and services. Some scholars have advocated for poverty reduction through entrepreneurship, as it can empower individuals to change their attitudes and behaviors from a passive to an active approach towards economic and social improvement.

The sharing economy also presents opportunities for everyone to become a micro-entrepreneur, offering potential solutions to alleviate poverty in the next 5-10 years. This book offers insightful analyses of poverty and business, entrepreneurship, and innovation in various nations and regions, including both developing and developed countries. By generating greater business activity in settings of severe poverty, these sectors can contribute to the solution of poverty, as individuals in such circumstances have the ability to increase their incomes and accumulate assets by participating in activities with large firms.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Entrepreneurship & Regional Development journal.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032008523