Spontaneous Venturing: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Alleviating Suffering in the Aftermath of a Disaster

by Dean A. Shepherd, Trenton A Williams, Trenton A. Williams

Book Overview

Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering.

In Spontaneous Venturing, Dean Shepherd and Trenton Williams identify and describe a new approach for responding to disaster and suffering: the local organizing of spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions--the rapid emergence of a compassionate venture. This approach, termed by the authors "spontaneous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038870
• ISBN13: 9780262038874
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher