Entrepreneurial, Innovative and Sustainable Ecosystems, 1st ed. 2018 Best Practices and Implications for Quality of Life Applying Quality of Life Research Series

This book presents a multidimensional approach by providing a state of the art on EIS ecosystems, as well as structural and changing dynamics and its impact on citizens? quality of life. It provides a set of international benchmarking case studies on good practices and initiatives aimed at creating and fostering EIS ecosystems. It shows how these international benchmarks can be replicated to foster the creation of entrepreneurial and innovative units and promote sustainable practices, under an open innovation paradigm, which conjoins the participation of both public and private stakeholders, using co-creation, transparency and participatory budget practices the jointly improve accountability and public management. This book is a true reference guide for scholars, policy makers and practitioners interested on entrepreneurship, public procurement, innovation and sustainability engaged in building EIS ecosystems, which can enhance citizens? quality of life. 

Chapter 1. The EIS Ecosystem in the Curitiba Public Transport System: The B100 Project (Orsiolli).- Chapter 2. Creating a Supportive Ecosystem for Street Vendors in India: the Role of the National Association of Street Vendors in India (NASVI) (Swamy).- Chapter 3. Sustainable Ecosystems through Indigenous Social Enterprises (Maguirre).- Chapter 4. Private Standards in a Multiple World: Opportunity or Threat for Developing Countries? (Machado).- Chapter 5. Local Public Management Focused on Quality of Life in Sustainable Cities (Rodrigues).- Chapter 6. Application of Structural Equation Modelling for Studying Eco-innovation at Brazilian Industrial SMEs through the PINTEC Survey (Basso).- Chapter 7. Revitalising the Forest: Innovative and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development in the Finnish Bioeconomy (Kautonen).- Chapter 8. Impact of Global Warming on Business Planning in Mexico (Vargas-Hernández).- Chapter 9. Activity System Analysis of an EIS Ecosystem. The Case of Boulder Colorado (Thompson).- Chapter 10. Employment and People with Disabilities: an Emerging Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Markel).- Chapter 11. Can Credit Unions Pursue Social Goals While Remaining Financially Sustainable? Evidence from Spain Before and During the Crisis (Martínez-Campillo).- Chapter 12. Public Innovation and Collaborative Governance (Navarro).- Chapter 13. Sustainable Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises in the State of Santa Catarina: Motivations and Benefits (Machado).- Chapter 14. The Contribution of Smart Cities Enhancing Quality of Life from a Citizen’s Perspective (Vázquez).- Chapter 15. Revisiting EIS Ecosystem: a Systematic Literature Review and Conceptual Model Proposal (Leitão).- Chapter 16. Mapping an Entrepreneurial, Innovative and Sustainable Ecosystem Using Social Network Analysis: an Exploratory Approach of Publicly-funded Innovative Projects Data (Pinto).- Chapter 17. Corporative Social and Management Responsibility for Overall Quality:  Additional Study between theTwo Approaches in the Dimensions of Sustainability (Dias).- Chapter 18. Product Innovation as Territory Sustainability Added Value: The Case Study of Douro SkinCare (Paiva).- Chapter 19. From Brokering to Platform Models. A Case Study of Best Practices for the Enactment of Hybrid Partnerships Between Public Institutions (Macrì).- Chapter 20. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem’s Drivers: The Role of Higher Education Organizations in Emerging Economies (Herrera-Pons).- Chapter 21. Sustainability-Driven Entrepreneurs: Solutions for Social and Environmental Problems or Business as Usual (Zahraie).- Chapter 22. Learning from Natural Systems to Understand Social Systems (Barros).- Chapter 23. The Social Process of Constructing Sustainable Business Models: a Network Approach (Neumeyer).