TY - BOOK AU - Gary D.Libecap TI - Frontiers in eco-entrepreneurship research T2 - Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth, SN - 9781848559516 (electronic bk.) : AV - HB615 .F76 2009 U1 - 658.421 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Bingley, U.K. PB - Emerald KW - Business & Economics KW - Entrepreneurship KW - bisacsh KW - bicssc KW - Applied ecology N1 - Entrepreneurial biography : Klaus Reichardt, founder/managing partner of waterless co. LLC / Kathleen Kokosinski -- Eco-entrepreneurship : an empirical perspective based on survey data / Marcus Wagner -- Entrepreneurial biography : Paul Manson, president and CEO of sea breeze power corp. / Kathleen Kokosinski -- College student eco-entrepreneurship : a social movement perspective / Matthew M. Mars -- Some microeconomics of eco-entrepreneurship / Matthew J. Kotchen -- Unlocking the black box of entrepreneurship : Applications for the environment / Terry L. Anderson -- A life cyclebased framework for environmental assessments of eco-entrepreneurship / Roland Geyer, Max DuBuisson -- Employee eco-initiatives : case studies of two eco-entrepreneurial companies / Nicole DeJonghe, Vered Doctori-Blass, Catherine A. Ramus -- Introduction / Gary D. Libecap N2 - Eco entrepreneurship (the provision of new products, processes, services with environmental benefits) is not well understood regarding its motives, returns, products, services, organization, and property rights. However, as public concern about the environment rises, understanding the relationship between entrepreneurship and the environment is increasingly important. This volume examines the environmental entrepreneur and the role of property rights in encouraging eco entrepreneurship, and uses micro economics to assess whether eco entrepreneurship is fundamentally different from more general entrepreneurship UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S1048-4736(2009)20 ER -