IBE Seminar Series. "Poverty Reduction Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation"
Published: 22 September 2025
15 October 2025.Professor Steven Si, Commonwealth University
Professor Steven Si, Common Wealth Uninversity of Pennsylvania, USA
"Poverty Reduction Through Entrpreneurship and Innovation"
Wednesday, 15 October 2025. 11:00-12:30
Room 386, The Hothouse Adam Smith Business School Building
Abstract
Economic growth has allowed large numbers of people to move out of poverty. However, it is increasingly clear that while some countries and regions have seen improvement in the overall rates of poverty, there are other places with large numbers of people still in poverty. Some scholars (e.g., Bruton, et al 2015; Si, 2015; Si 2022) have called on the poverty reduction through entrepreneurship owing to that it can be an efficient path to also change the poor's attitudes and behaviors from a passive mode to a more active mode towards poverty reduction economically and socially. This lecture will provide new and valuable analyses of poverty and business, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The lecture will talk about new insights on poverty and how business, entrepreneurship, and innovation can help to move people out of desperate poverty in AI and digital technology era.
Bio
Steven Si is a Chair Professor in Entrepreneurship at Zhejiang University and professor at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (USA). Professor Si has published research articles in journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Venturing and others. He has also published research articles in the top-tier Chinese management/economic journals such as Management World and Economic Research. He currently serves as an associate editor of Technovation (2021–present) and on the editorial board of JMS (2014-present). Besides, Professor Si currently serves as a special issue guest editor for Technovation, Management and Organizational Review, Asia Business and Management. He has published his latest book, Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation toward Poverty Reduction that was published by Routledge in 2021.
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First published: 22 September 2025