Spontaneous venturing : an entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering in the aftermath of a disaster

Spontaneous venturing an entrepreneurial approach to alleviating suffering in the aftermath of a disaster

Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering. In Spontaneous Venturing , Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shepherd, Dean A., author (author), Williams, Trent, 1981- author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : MIT Press 2018
Series:The MIT Press
Subjects:
Disaster relief.
Social entrepreneurship.
BUSINESS/Social Responsibility
BUSINESS/Innovation
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654516506719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Disaster and suffering
  • Limitations of command-and-control disaster response
  • Spontaneous venturing to organize compassion in the aftermath of a disaster
  • Spontaneous ventures brokering to alleviate suffering
  • Self-help by spontaneously venturing to help others
  • A focus on building better resilience rather than providing sustenance: venturing to alleviate suffering in a least developed country.

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