Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship for the Underserved

Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship for the Underserved

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Release Date: June, 2022|Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 452
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4322-4
ISBN13: 9781668443224|ISBN10: 1668443228|EISBN13: 9781668443248
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Disparity in the workplace has been exacerbated in recent years as society faces a number of challenges in promoting inclusion and equality across fields. To ensure appropriate steps are taken to move in the direction of a diverse and equitable future for the workforce, further study and consideration on the key challenges, opportunities, and strategies for advancing business policy to provide for the underserved is required.

Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship for the Underserved highlights marginalized labor and entrepreneurial market segments and reviews strategies used to prepare for technological change globally. The book also provides a series of recommendations to assist in growing and sustaining a more inclusive global society. Covering a range of topics such as disparities, class challenges, and entrepreneurs, this reference work is crucial for policymakers, business owners, managers, researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Black Businesses
  • Class Challenges
  • Digital Transformation
  • Disparities
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Future of Work
  • Informal Economy
  • Leadership
  • Small Business Development
  • Sustainable Growth
  • Underserved Communities
Reviews & Statements

“The vision for this book is to continue to engage, empower, and enlighten voices from a diverse community of academics, industry leaders, and other stakeholders in the search for a more inclusive and equitable society"

– Jo-Ann Rolle, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York

"We explore business practices of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in a small island state and investigate the challenges and opportunities which these women faced. The interesting aspect of respectable femininity and innovative ways of doing business in order to ensure business continuity emerged from the study."

– Prof. Soolakshna D. Lukea-Bhiwajee, University of Technology, Mauritius
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Editor/Author Biographies
|JoAnn Rolle - Editor| holds a PhD in Economics from Howard University. Dr. Rolle has served as the Dean of the School of Business at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York for the past nine years. Dean Rolle served in the U.S. Government and I.B.M., as CEO of a university; seven years as CAO; and eleven years as Business School Dean at two universities. She launched two entrepreneurial Centers and many entrepreneurship programs. She has been recognized as a Top 25 Influential African American Women in Business. She is a Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators fellow, Administrative Fellow, Harvard University, Member of the Economic Club of New York, and Fellow of Centre for Business & Economic Research. She is the 2022 President of the National HBCU Business Dean Roundtable. Her latest book includes global authors' research about the 'Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship for the Underserved.'
|Micah Crump - Editor| holds a PhD in management and entrepreneurship from Morgan State University. He is a professor of business at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He holds an MBA from Morgan State University and a BS degree from Coppin State University. He has taught more than 10,000 MBA, Executive MBA, and undergraduate business and entrepreneurship students at Howard, Morgan State, Coppin State, Jackson State, and Medgar Evers College. He served as entrepreneurship trainer for small business development centers in Washington, DC and Jackson, Mississippi, and as faculty advisor to student entrepreneurship organizations and startup bootcamps throughout the U.S. He is a McNair Scholar and member of multiple societies. He served in the U.S. military and the U.S. federal government, and has run several businesses. Dr. Crump has implemented innovative new entrepreneurship activities and curricula at Howard University, Jackson State University, and Medgar Evers College.
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