| At the highest level, this dissertation examines the diversity, especially the existence of both purely business and socially purposeful activities, prevalent in contemporary entrepreneurship. This study uses the clean technology industry and New York City as its research context. A central component of this study is a comparative analysis and discussion of two New York City based clean technology organizations: Verdant Power and Green Map System. This study explores these enterprises employing an in-depth, case study approach. Based on the analysis and discussion of these two case studies, nine critical dimensions of contemporary entrepreneurship were identified. The two organizations were then individually placed within the nine identified critical dimensions and significant related observations were also made. The nine dimensions were then further coalesced into four major areas. These areas are: Management, Values, Technology and External dimensions. Ultimately, certain overall conclusions were reached. Among the most important is that contemporary entrepreneurship is dynamic, which is illustrated by the movement of the two organizations across the identified critical dimensions. |
