This book provides insight into the historical background of Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on the impacts of conquest, colonialism, and dictatorships, to examine the current state of institutions, organizations, and businesses to emphasize the critical need of social enterprises in fostering human and sustainable development.
A Year of Creativity demystifies what it means to be creative, showing how all of us need to exercise our creativity muscles if we are to meet the challenges of an uncertain world.
In emerging economies, one of the most prevalent types of business is the family firm, from small food carts to bigger nation-wide businesses and every type in between.
The informal manufacturing sector, characterized by activities such as handicrafts, cottage industries, micro-enterprises, and small-scale industries, contributes significantly to local economies.
The book comprises a series of contributions and case studies fused together around the concept and dynamics of innovation - product, process, systems, marketing, organisation, roles, relations, norms, values and policy.
