Editorial Note on Humane Entrepreneurship

Humane entrepreneurship as contrasted to the traditional entrepreneurship is defined as the entrepreneurial activities to pursue balance between business development and human nurturing. While many companies regard people as costs and expenses from the short-term perspective, excellent companies consider people the important source of creative ideas and innovations. People-centered management and humane entrepreneurship drive sustainable development by commitment and active involvement of employees. As discussed in the papers in this issue, humane entrepreneurship is quite a new concept to the entrepreneurship field. Further research in terms of theory and methodology is desired to elaborate the concept and develop practical guidelines for achieving the human-centered entrepreneurship in firms. We expect more scholarly work to develop more sophisticated research models to explain the role of Humane Entrepreneurship at the various levels (the national, firm, and individual levels).