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This dissertation shows the roles of innovative low-income entrepreneurs in developing solutions which are relevant to the problems of people living in conditions of poverty.

This thesis explores how legitimation has unfolded between different communities in the solar energy field.

This thesis examines the recent transnational market reform in the European Union's market for road transport biofuels (2003-2015).

This thesis addresses the wicked problem of a low carbon energy transition in Finland by examining the multi-actor process of solar PV deployment in Finland from the perspective of the classic social science triangle of structure, agency and framing.

This thesis asks what inclusive business co-creation entails in low-income contexts and what hurdles need to be overcome for co-creation to marry profit making with poverty reduction.

This doctoral thesis explores the activities and strategies of large energy companies and the way their activities contribute to a change of the socio-technical energy system.

In this thesis, the connection between capitalism, higher education, and ecological crisis is established and studied.

This doctoral dissertation examines how entrepreneurs innovate within resource scarce contexts at the bottom of the pyramid.

The overall aim of this study is to increase the understanding of social entrepreneurship by analysing the social entrepreneurship assumptions in academic discourse, which offer a formula for social change, and the mundane practices of microentrepreneurs.

This thesis examines the relationship of economy and society – politics whereby facts, ideologies and current ethical challenges are encountered – by investigating how the societal good is defined in political processes.

This dissertation argues that organizations often have a tendency to attempt to influence perceptions of their own pasts – i.e. collective memory of them – particularly when it comes to instances of corporate irresponsibility, propose ways in which they go about reconfiguring their pasts, and through an empirical pilot study, demonstrate a struggle over the past of an organization that had been deemed irresponsible.

This thesis takes a practice theoretical perspective on domestic energy use. In doing so, it follows the emerging research approach in which energy use is examined in relation to mundane social practices.

This thesis examines energy prosumers' active engagement with renewable micro-generation technologies and draws from and contributes primarily to research on energy consumption, social shaping of technology, and user innovation research.

This thesis attempts to reframe the field of strategic corporate responsibility by examining the responsibility of corporations in terms of their strategic means and ends.