Doing business in a green way: A systematic review of the ecological sustainability entrepreneurship literature and future research directions

Gast, Johanna; Gundolf, Katherine; Cesinger, Beate

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.065

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“…Thus, the control variables do no influence recognition of sustainable opportunities. This is partially consistent with other studies [43,44,[156][157][158][159][160]. Results are shown in Table 9.…”

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confidence: 92%

Empirical Study on Sustainable Opportunities Recognition. A Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Joinery Industry Analysis Using Augmented Sustainable Development Process Model

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This paper analyzes factors influencing recognition of sustainable opportunities by using an augmented sustainability process model. The conceptual model used two main factors, Knowledge and Motivation, and one moderating variable, Social embeddedness. We investigated entrepreneurs from PVC joinery industry and concluded that while market orientation and sustainable entrepreneurial orientation definitely and positively influence sustainable opportunity recognition, others variables like knowledge of the natural/communal environment, awareness of sustainable development or focus on success have less support. Among all variables analyzed, perception of the threat of the natural/communal environment and altruism toward others have the poorest impact on opportunity recognition. Finally, we concluded that social embeddedness has a moderating effect on sustainable opportunity recognition, even though the results were mixed.

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confidence: 92%

Empirical Study on Sustainable Opportunities Recognition. A Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Joinery Industry Analysis Using Augmented Sustainable Development Process Model

Ceptureanu

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“…Sustainable entrepreneurship in existing firms, especially SMEs, is led by an entrepreneur who carries out managerial sustainable practices (MSP) through innovation and by creating value [6]. These entrepreneurially-sustainable practices manifest sustainable entrepreneurship within an organization [17,36,68,71,[73][74][75][76].…”

Section: Results: Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation and The Facmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on the traditional literature on entrepreneurship, the sole focus has been this topic's relationship to economic development, merely observing the economic impact of enterprises, e.g., Schumpeter [7]; the link between entrepreneurship and sustainable development has gained academic interest only very recently [6,47]. To effectively be able to compete within a market, companies must develop new and innovative ways to secure their long-term existence [48].…”

Section: The Influence Of Corporate Social Responsibility On Entreprementioning

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“…The context in which firm operates, even when assumed to be unfavourable at first glance, could in fact possess new opportunities for firms when approached actively, as is the case with citizens' trust towards public policies, specifically regarding environmental laws [120]. As Gast et al point out, there are four dominant impulses for enterprises to implement sustainable entrepreneurship: "regulation, public concern, expected competitive advantage, and top management commitment" [6] (p. 46).…”

Section: Contextual/market Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Being a role model is reflected in these firms' solution-providing orientation. They deliver solutions to environmental challenges and ecological decay [74,134] via eco-innovations [6,91]. In doing this, they advocate a transition towards more sustainable methods of production and consumption [68,92].…”

Section: Contextual/market Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Doing business in a green way: A systematic review of the ecological sustainability entrepreneurship literature and future research directions

Cited by 392 publications

References 93 publications

Empirical Study on Sustainable Opportunities Recognition. A Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Joinery Industry Analysis Using Augmented Sustainable Development Process Model

Empirical Study on Sustainable Opportunities Recognition. A Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Joinery Industry Analysis Using Augmented Sustainable Development Process Model

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Orientation: A Reflection on Status-Quo Research on Factors Facilitating Responsible Managerial Practices

Bricolage in environmental entrepreneurship: How environmental innovators “make do” at the bottom of the pyramid

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