Routledge Diversity and Entrepreneurship (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)

Whilst there has been an increased interest in minorities and their contribution to society, the literature on minorities and under-represented communities is still weak. This edited volume discusses entrepreneurship in the context of minorities and the role they play in society. The book looks at under-represented communities such as LGBTQ+, disadvantaged, ethnic minority, religious entrepreneurs, medically limited, indigenous, refugees, young/old and other socio-economic segments. It provides a holistic, comprehensive overview of how diversity in entrepreneurship facilitates increased levels of innovation. The book will be amongst the first to take a broad perspective of minority entrepreneurs. Review "This novel book offers the opportunity to better understand the complexity of diversity in entrepreneurship in a simple way. Taking into consideration the increased social challenges, the editors and authors set the foundations of further research diversity in entrepreneurship when at the same time the book collects aspects and concepts that are currently under researched by the literature. The book successfully investigates how entrepreneurship can overcome societal constraints and attribute value to minority groups, under represented communities, female empowerment and refugees. Undoubtedly, it makes sense of your reading list!" ― Dr Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Plymouth Business School, University of Plymouth "This edited volume is a milestone in our understanding of diversity in entrepreneurship and a vantage point for a truly polycontextual, interdisciplinary, and multifunctional entrepreneurship research." ― Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Steffen Roth, Full Professor of Management, La Rochelle Business School, France "This book is a welcome addition as diversity in entrepreneurship has been largely ignored by researchers to date. It expands the boundaries of current thinking and offers exciting insights regarding how entrepreneurial behaviour differs amongst under-represented communities." ― Professor Thomas M. Cooney, Technological University Dublin, Ireland "This book is personal. For everyone, and, especially those promoting positive social change through the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform our world. The Editors, Professors Vanessa Ratten and Leo-Paul Dana developed a well-organized compendium of essential papers on diversity issues in entrepreneurship. The selection of scholarly works spans across disciplines and will surely find an audience for anyone interested in inclusive entrepreneurship, a topic often not studied across demographic groups, geographic locations, and industry sectors. And, as we can read in this unique book, diversity in entrepreneurship does not just exist for competitive advantage but also as a pathway to support community-driven innovation, economic empowerment for all and respect for human rights. Well done, colleagues!" ― Daphne Halkias, PhD, Professor, International School of Management, Paris, France and Fellow, Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School Affiliate "If we define entrepreneurship as the application of different forms of human creation and innovation to society, the economy, and the business world, then diversity, which is the overarching theme of this book, is inseparable from entrepreneurship. As highlighted in the introduction, a major component of this diversity has been left out of the principal theories of entrepreneurship. The value of this book lies in bringing together studies on topics related to social entrepreneurship (including a chapter on ecopreneurship) that focus on areas that generally fall outside the main scope of the academic literature. Thus, this book joins the considerable merits of social commitment to academic commitment." ― Marta Peris-Ortiz, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Universitat Politècnica de València "Entrepreneurs