Title DEV Mozambique : food security through innovative social enterprise development / authored by Boris Urban (Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, WITS Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Stephanie Althea Townsend (Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, WITS Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Amanda Bowen (Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, WITS Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (2 pages) : 28 illustrations Series Emerald emerging markets case studies, 2045-0621 ; volume 10, issue 2 Notes At the end of the case discussion, the students should be able to: evaluate the factors influencing entrepreneurship in an African context; discuss the relevance of developmental entrepreneurship in an African context; assess an enabling environment and ecosystem for stimulating entrepreneurship; analyse and resolve practical issues in starting a business under challenging conditions; understand how accelerator programmes work in an African context; appreciate how partnerships can be leveraged to foster entrepreneurship; evaluate relevant business models and their challenges to grow enterprises; and understand the social entrepreneurship journey of a founder In March 2019, Elena Gaffurini, managing partner of DEV Mozambique (DEV), sat down to evaluate the business. DEV, based in Maputo and launched in 2015, was a consulting and services company supporting entrepreneurial development in Mozambique, by training and supporting small businesses in agricultural-related sectors to improve food security. Gaffurini - a self-proclaimed purpose-driven person - now questioned whether DEV's impact on social and economic development was significant enough to justify the effort she and her team put into it and whether DEV should reconsider its current business model to create more impact Postgraduate: MBA and Executive Education Teaching notes are available for educators only Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Entrepreneurship -- Mozambique -- Case studies Industries -- Social aspects -- Mozambique -- Case studies Business & Economics -- Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship. Form Electronic book Author Townsend, Stephanie Althea, author Bowen, Amanda, author.

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