Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation

Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation

Ratten, Vanessa 2011, Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation, International journal of business and globalisation, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 217-224.

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Title	Fundacion Maquipucuna: an entrepreneurial Ecuadorian non-profit organisation
Author(s)	Ratten, Vanessa
Journal name	International journal of business and globalisation
Volume number	6
Issue number	2
Start page	217
End page	224
Publisher	Inderscience
Place of publication	Olney, England
Publication date	2011
ISSN	1753-3627
Keyword(s)	ecuador community-based entrepreneurship social entrepreneurship environmental sustainability biodiversity ecology resource management Fundacion Maquipucuna entrepreneurial organisations non-profit organisations Choco-Andes cacao trees coffee production ecotourism tourism plastic thatch manufacture crops agriculture sustainable development ecological environments biodiverse hotpots sustainability initiatives litre-government agencies for-profit structures community engagement regional development Afro-Ecuadorian people business globalisation
Summary	The purpose of this paper is to describe Fundacion Maquipucuna's community-based entrepreneurship activities. Fundacion Maquipucuna is a unique non-profit organisation in the Choco-Andes region of Ecuador. An ethnographic study and review of the literature is conducted to analyse the cacao, coffee, ecotourism and plastic thatch enterprises of Fundacion Maquipucuna. The enterprises Fundacion Maquipucuna is engaged in support the ongoing sustainability of the biodiverse ecological environment in the Choco-Andes region, which is one of the top five biodiverse hotspots in the world. On a global scale, more emphasis is being placed on promoting sustainability initiatives to preserve the environment. This paper discusses how a litre-government agency Fundacion Maquipucuna is changing from a non-profit to a for-profit structure in order to continue its community engagement projects. This paper integrates the social and community-based entrepreneurship literature to discuss how Fundacion Maquipucuna is engaging in innovative regional development that benefits the whole Choco-Andes community including the large Afro-Ecuadorian population.
Language	eng
Field of Research	150304 Entrepreneurship
Socio Economic Objective	970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
HERDC Research category	C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2011, Inderscience
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036862

Document type:	Journal Article
Collection:	Deakin Graduate School of Business

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