Author Affiliation

  • Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz is Assistant Professor and Director CED at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

Faculty / School

School of Business Studies (SBS)

Department

Department of Management

Centre

Aman Center for Entrepreneurial Development (AMAN-CED)

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

ISSN

2210-4232

Keywords

Sustainability transitions, Otherness, Hybrid ventures

Disciplines

Business | Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to investigate the role of hybrid entrepreneurship in developing justice and diversity responses to sustainability transitions that are complicated by contexts of ambiguous socio-technological shifts and manifested in material and ethical dilemmas for ‘the other’, i. e., those deemed different. Based on analysis of two original case studies featuring the other—the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation indigenous community in Canada and the Karachi Down Syndrome Program in Pakistan—we identify the conditions for engaging minority communities in strong collaborative and participatory cross-stakeholder processes to deal with dilemmas posed by sustainability transitions. We centre on issues of social inclusion and social equity. We illuminate how hybrid entrepreneurship practices enable, structure and manage collective learning within and outside hybrid ventures to facilitate equitable transitions. Finally, we propose how to cocreate actions that amplify marginalized voices to influence institutions.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Colbourne, R., Ejaz, L., Grinevich, V., Husain, S., & O'Farrell, D. A. (2024). Hybrid entrepreneurship in just transitions: Dealing with dilemmas facing ‘the other’. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 53, 100924.

Publication Status

Published

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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.

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