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Millennial Entrepreneurs & Climate Change Management-A Cross Country Analysis of Innovation
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This paper explores the dynamics of human response to global climate change by investigating into the link between human capital and emotional agility and innovation. The emergence of millennial innovators and entrepreneurs who work towards climate change mitigation has made the field of inquiry captivating and worth pursuing. The paper explores the recently proposed concept of emotional agility and cognitive schemas in these young innovators working towards climate change mitigation. It examines the phenomenon using support from extant research as well as empirical evidence from innovators from seventeen countries belonging to emerging markets. The focus of this research is in its qualitative approach and computer aided content analysis across data that spans multiple geographies and cultures.
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