Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts -- Understanding the green entrepreneur / Michael Schaper -- The making of the ecopreneur / Robert Isaak -- Opportunists, champions, mavericks...? A typology of green entrepreneurs / E.E. (Liz) Walley and David W.Taylor -- A framework and typology of ecopreneurship: leading bioneers and environmental managers to ecopreneurship / Stefan Schaltegger -- Green entrepreneurship in New Zealand: a micro-enterprise focus / Anne de Bruin and Kate Lewis -- An insider's experiences with environmental entrepreneurship / Lassi Linnanen -- Contexts and conditions -- Assessing ecopreneurship in a developing country context: the case of India / Astad Pastakia -- Sustainability in the start-up process / Jürgen Freimann, Sandra Marxen and Hildergard Schick -- Venture capital as a tool for sustainable entrepreneurship / Anastasia O' Rourke -- Offsetting the disadvantages of smallness: promoting green entrepreneurs through industry clusters / Elya Tagar and Chris Cocklin -- Are environmental concerns related to entrepreneurial growth? An examination of the 100 fastest growing U.S. companies / Sarah Stanwick and Peter Stanwick -- The competitive strategies of ecopreneurs: striving for market leadership by promoting sustainability / Holger Petersen -- Cases -- The Mimosa project / Leigh Holland -- Hong Kong Dolphinwatch: the evolution of an ecopreneurial business venture / Louis Geneste -- Earth Sanctuaries Limited: an entrepreneur commercialises conservation / Thierry Volery -- Promoting sustainability, building networks: a green entrepreneur in Mexico / Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner -- Sustainable Harvest International: creating local ecopreneurs / Margaret Naumes and Jill Kammermeyer.