Poverty, Disadvantage, and the Promise of Enterprise: A Capabilities Perspective

by Michael H. Morris and Susana C. Santos

Can entrepreneurship serve as a pathway out of poverty? Are the poor able to create ventures that can improve their economic circumstances and enhance their lives? Poverty, Disadvantage and the Promise of Enterprise: A Capabilities Perspective argue that "it depends". To understand the poverty and entrepreneurship interface, we must first understand poverty. Using a lens of disadvantage theory and the capabilities framework, the book explores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666933805
• ISBN13: 9781666933802
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 276 Pages