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What is Capitalism

Chapter 7
Cases on Survival and Sustainability Strategies of Social Entrepreneurs
A prevalent economic and social system of privately controlled trade and industry where the primary objective is to maximize shareholders wealth and profit. Excessive focus on the sole objective of profits increasingly comes at the expense of other stakeholders’ rights – where regulation to control for this is often trailing and playing ‘catch-up’. The failures of capitalism in modern society are often claimed to be portrayed by the world-wide meltdown resulting from the recent 2008 global financial crisis, and widening disparity and wealth gaps in modern society.
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Entrepreneurial Parenting Through Spiritual Capital: A Case Study on First Fruit Group Social Enterprise
Charles A. Oham (University of Greenwich, UK) and Nathaniel Massa (University of Malta, Malta)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 32
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7724-0.ch007
Abstract
This study aligns with the objectives of this volume, presenting cases reflecting social entrepreneurs' lived experiences, seeking understanding, and conveying learning from practitioners and their emergent approaches embedded in contextual realities. Adopting an interpretative approach, this chapter presents First Fruit Group (FFG) as an illustrative case derived from a broader study – highlighting various dimensions of entrepreneurial parenting identified as core elements in the nurturing process at FFG and manifested in the relationship between social entrepreneur and mentee. Evidently fundamental for FFG's growth, it extended strategic vision and raison d'être continuity in leadership succession, motivating new opportunity exploitation and sustaining the group's enterprising expansion.
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Commodification of Labor in Tourism: Human and Non-Human Animals
Capitalism is an economic and social system that is fundamentally based on principles of private ownership, free competition, and a market economy. In capitalism, the means of production, resources, and property are typically controlled by individuals or private enterprises. Economic activities and the production of goods and services often occur under conditions of free market, meaning they are determined by the dynamics of supply and demand.
Published in Chapter: Commodification of Labor in Tourism: Human and Non-Human Animals; From: Critical Social Challenges in the Tourism Industry: Labor, Commodification, and Drugs
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Africa Under the Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Gaps, Strategies, and Strides
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Combating the “Gimme More” Mindset in Modern Classrooms: Citizenship Education vs. Entitlement
An economic system that includes private ownership of businesses and products rather than being state owned and controlled.
Published in Chapter: Combating the “Gimme More” Mindset in Modern Classrooms: Citizenship Education vs. Entitlement; From: Handbook of Research on Applied Learning Theory and Design in Modern Education
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Popular Culture and Media Intellectuals: Relationship Between Popular Culture and Capitalism – The Characteristics of the Media Intellectuals
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Technology and the Theory of Apocalypse
This is an economic system which rests on the principle of private ownership and the use of means of production towards profit.
Published in Chapter: Technology and the Theory of Apocalypse; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fifth Edition
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Big Brothers Are Seducing You: Consumerism, Surveillance, and the Agency of Consumers
An economic system that relies on market mechanism to support competition and the private ownership of production systems to pursue profit.
Published in Chapter: Big Brothers Are Seducing You: Consumerism, Surveillance, and the Agency of Consumers; From: Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age
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Examining Biopolitics and Bioethics Through Abusive Pain Management: Genesis v Gehenna II
An economic system where individuals own wealth and can grow it through satisfying real or fabricated needs along with favourable government interventions.
Published in Chapter: Examining Biopolitics and Bioethics Through Abusive Pain Management: Genesis v Gehenna II; From: Bioethics of Displacement and Its Implications
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A Film Analysis Related to Globalization and Capitalist Consumer Culture and Its Reflections on Advertising Industry
Capitalism is the social system bases on the private ownership and financial interest and the economic system gives people the right to freedom. Capitalism is built on various basic principles such as “private property,” “personal interest,” “competition,” “market mechanism,” and “limited role” of government.
Published in Chapter: A Film Analysis Related to Globalization and Capitalist Consumer Culture and Its Reflections on Advertising Industry; From: Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age
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Ascertaining the Interest of Women to Drive Innovation Through Entrepreneurship Post-Pandemic: A Research Study in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
An economic system in which people and companies make most decisions and the government plays a secondary role. E.g., American economy is capitalistic in nature, whereas Indian economy is mixed.
Published in Chapter: Ascertaining the Interest of Women to Drive Innovation Through Entrepreneurship Post-Pandemic: A Research Study in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Sustainability, and ICTs in the Post-COVID-19 Era
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Critical Analysis of the Evolving Process of Neoliberal Global Capitalism
It is an economic and social system based on private ownership of the means of production, the importance of capital as a generator of wealth, and the allocation of resources through the market mechanism.
Published in Chapter: Critical Analysis of the Evolving Process of Neoliberal Global Capitalism; From: Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order
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Nobody Wants to Work Under These Conditions
private ownership of property and means of production, profit-making through market competition that depends on the exploitation of people and their labor, and the accumulation/hoarding of wealth and capital by the elite.
Published in Chapter: Nobody Wants to Work Under These Conditions; From: Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding
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Time of Our Lives: Reproducing Inequality in a Culture of Compulsory Progress
An economic and political system that involves the private ownership and control of property, capital, resources, and other means of production by individuals or corporations (versus the government) for the purpose of competing in a free market (with limited regulations) to accumulate additional capital, profit, status, and power.
Published in Chapter: Time of Our Lives: Reproducing Inequality in a Culture of Compulsory Progress; From: The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships
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Overcoming Barriers
An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production. Capitalism is typically characterized by extreme distributions of wealth and large differences between the rich and the poor (Collins, 2009).
Published in Chapter: Overcoming Barriers; From: Hispanic Women/Latina Leaders Overcoming Barriers in Higher Education
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Chapter 9
Environmental Crimes and Green Victimization
A political and economic system that prioritizes profit over everything else.
Published in Chapter: Environmental Crimes and Green Victimization; From: Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations
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Beyond Tourismphobia: Conceptualizing a New Framework to Analyze Attitudes Towards Tourism
A system of organization of social and economic relations based on the commoditization of the greatest number of elements in the greatest number of places.
Published in Chapter: Beyond Tourismphobia: Conceptualizing a New Framework to Analyze Attitudes Towards Tourism; From: Handbook of Research on the Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Responses to Overtourism
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Women Entrepreneurs and Disparities During the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Eras
According to the Harvard Business School is often defined as an economic system where private actors are allowed to own and control the use of property in accord with their own interests, and where the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism coordinates supply and demand in markets in a way that is automatically in the best interests of society.
Published in Chapter: Women Entrepreneurs and Disparities During the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Eras; From: Sustainability and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship for the Underserved
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The Spirit of Capitalism vs. the Spirit of Consumerism: A Comparative Typology
The economic system in which the market is free from outside interference. It requires efficient labor and capital reinvestment in order to yield profit.
Published in Chapter: The Spirit of Capitalism vs. the Spirit of Consumerism: A Comparative Typology; From: Multifaceted Explorations of Consumer Culture and Its Impact on Individuals and Society
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Inequalities: A Concern for Capitalism and Global Strategy
Is an economic system where the capital and the land are owned by individuals and businesses.
Published in Chapter: Inequalities: A Concern for Capitalism and Global Strategy; From: Women Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decision Making in the Global Economy
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Critical Analysis of the Influence of Transnational Capitalism on Institutions and Organizations
It i s the set of elements that inspire ethical entrepreneurs on their shares in favor of capital accumulation. Beginning from this argument, capitalism has embodied entrepreneurial ethical values establishing a new moral relationship between people in their work settings.
Published in Chapter: Critical Analysis of the Influence of Transnational Capitalism on Institutions and Organizations; From: Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence
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Exploring U.S. Citizens' Perceptions of Foreign Media's Representations of America: A Systematic Review
An economic and political doctrine which advocates that countries’ trade and industries should be controlled by private owners for profit, and not by the state.
Published in Chapter: Exploring U.S. Citizens' Perceptions of Foreign Media's Representations of America: A Systematic Review; From: Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media
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