1st Edition

Entrepreneurship and Disability A Global Map and Manifesto for Stigma Reversal

By Anica Zeyen, Oana Branzei Copyright 2025
196 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Discover how entrepreneurship can dismantle the structural, social, cultural, and internalized stigma of disability in this compelling book. Journey through six countries and uncover inspiring stories of disabled people using diverse entrepreneurial strategies – micro-entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, activism, bricolage, compassion, and institutional entrepreneurship – to challenge and... Read more

1. Introduction – Disability, Entrepreneurship, and Stigma

2. Disability Stigma – An Overview

3. Dignity Entrepreneuring Against Disability (Self)-Stigma

4. Necessity Entrepreneurship: Tackling Disability Stigma Through Bricolage

5. Community Entrepreneurship as Disability Allyship

6. Fiercely Self-Compassionate Entrepreneurship Versus Autism Stigma

7. Fighting Disability Stigma Through Social Entrepreneurship

8. Institutional Entrepreneurship Versus Concussion

9. Disability Entrepreneurship as Manifesting Self- to System Change

10. Our Manifesto for Disability Inclusion

Biography

Anica Zeyen is a Professor in Entrepreneurship and Inclusion at the School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway University of London (UK). She earned her undergraduate degree in Germany and holds a master’s degree from the University of Queensland (Australia), where she was listed on the Dean’s Honour Role. She completed her PhD with summa cum laude from Leuphana University Lueneburg (Germany) in 2014. After obtaining her PhD, she joined Royal Holloway as Lecturer in Strategy and Sustainability in January 2015, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018, and became Full Professor in 2023.

Oana Branzei is Paul MacPherson's Chair in Strategic Leadership and Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the Ivey Business School at Western University in Canada. She is also the founding director of the HBA Sustainability Certificate program and the Master of Science Graduate Diploma in Sustainability; the founder, convener, and host of PhD Sustainability Academy, an annual event of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability; and the co-founder of the recently inaugurated virtual-based and accessible Spring Institute. Ivey’s champion for the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Education for a decade (2010–2019), she has pioneered the ESG and SDG case curations and global conversations for Ivey Publishing. She is currently cross-appointed with Western University’s Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health. She leads the Regenerator, a campus-wide accelerator for regenerative ventures. She also heads her own global Regeneration lab, originally formed with funding from her 2010 Early Researcher Award, and currently featuring collaborations with rapid-response research teams tackling grand challenges on five continents.