Journal article
Community resilience to natural disasters: the role of disaster entrepreneurship
Abstract
Purpose The paper aims to examine the conditions under which disaster entrepreneurship contributes to community-level resilience. The authors define disaster entrepreneurship as attempts by the private sector to create or maintain value during and in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster by taking advantage of business opportunities and providing goods and services required by community stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach This …
Authors
Linnenluecke MK; McKnight B
Journal
Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 166–185
Publisher
Emerald
Publication Date
March 13, 2017
DOI
10.1108/jec-01-2015-0005
ISSN
1750-6204