Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation-Related Activities in European Enterprises

Urbaniec, Maria

doi:10.15244/pjoes/78155

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“…The definitions of sustainable entrepreneurship existing in the literature show not only the diverse conceptual scope, but also the multi-faceted possibilities of interpreting sustainable entrepreneurship. These definitions indicate three attributes of sustainable entrepreneurship relating to: (1) the integration of environmental and social problems with economic benefits, (2) creating new values and innovations, (3) transforming companies, sectors or economies towards sustainable development (Urbaniec 2018). With these attributes in mind, sustainable entrepreneurship means a kind of business activity that creates new opportunities for the development of innovative activities of enterprises based on ecological and social issues.…”

Section: The Role Of Sustainable Entrepreneurship In Sustainable Devementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sustainable entrepreneurship is still at a relatively early stage of development (Lenox and York 2011;Nagar et al 2013). Especially in Polish literature, the concept of ecological or sustainable entrepreneurship is a completely new issue, which has hitherto rarely been the object of research by scientists (Solaja 2017;Urbaniec 2018). Nevertheless, in foreign literature, both concepts are currently the subject of scientific debate on the pages of prestigious mainstream business journals, such as Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Business Strategy and the Environment, and the Academy of Management Journal.…”

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Innovation for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the Bioeconomy Sector in Poland

Sołtysik

Urbaniec

Wojnarowska

2019

Administrative Sciences

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The growing importance of sustainable development, especially regarding environmental issues, contributes to shaping new trends at the level of enterprises. Sustainable development is perceived as a source of new entrepreneurial opportunities that serve to solve social and environmental problems. The main objective of this study is to identify factors supporting and hindering the development of enterprise innovativeness exemplified by the bioeconomy sector in Poland. A research analysis was based on the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) model. The study employed the method of critical literature analysis, as well as qualitative methods, such as individual direct interviews with experts and smart labs with 252 enterprises from the economic sector. The results of the research analysis show that the innovative activity of enterprises in the bioeconomy sector depends on external, as well as internal, factors. This is particularly important, owing to the impact of enterprises on the environment and on society, as they contribute to the creation and implementation of new, more sustainable production and consumption models.

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Section: The Role Of Sustainable Entrepreneurship In Sustainable Devementioning

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confidence: 99%

Innovation for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the Bioeconomy Sector in Poland

Sołtysik

Urbaniec

Wojnarowska

2019

Administrative Sciences

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“…Employees' creativity performance, which reflects the enhancement of enterprises' innovation ability, is a crucial component of the sustainable development of enterprises [5]. Sustainable development of economic links to the creation of economy and well-being of future generations [22]. The sustainable development of enterprises is inseparable from transformation and upgrading.…”

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What Do We Still Need to Know about Employee Creativity: A fsQCA Approach

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This study explored employees behavior flexibility, status, and independence value as vital factors of employee creativity. Based on the theory of interaction creativity, we theorize the core factors, synergistic effects, and substitution effects of employee creativity. This paper adopted a qualitative approach using a self-administrated survey to collect data. Data were collected from 380 Chinese employees via an online and offline survey. The results contribute to creativity literature and expand the study on employee’s creativity performance. Moreover, it opens the black box of employee creativity from a new insight by exploring the effects of human resource flexibility and work values. The paper suggests that to obtain innovation and organizational sustainability, companies should not only advocate human resource flexibility management but also combine the work values of employees.

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“…Hanohov and Baldacch (2018), through qualitative research, showed sustainable entrepreneurs are constantly cognizant of their surroundings, environmental, and social-economic developments, thereby are in a better position to recognize opportunities and respond quickly. Urbaniec's (2018) analyses show sustainable entrepreneurs use innovative solutions to realize new opportunities at the nexus of ecological and social issues. Using a quantitative research design, Vuorio, Puumalainen, and Fellnhofer (2018) showed opportunity recognition and risk-taking are interrelated concepts; sustainable entrepreneurs guided by intrinsic values are typically moderate risk-takers in their actions.…”

Section: Sustainable Entrepreneurship Conceptmentioning

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Analyzing Community Initiatives in UK’s Energy Transition through the Lens of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Acharya¹,

Cave²

2020

EER

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The low-carbon energy transition framed as a social-technical system can enable researchers to gain insight into the complex interaction between niche actors and the dominant regime under the current energy policy landscape. This paper aims to analyze community-led energy initiatives through the lens of sustainable entrepreneurship and discern business practices that these niche actors use in the social-technical setting of the energy transition. Niche actors such as Community Energy Cooperatives (CECs) develop bottom-up solutions and overcome social-cognitive norms through citizen engagement. Especially in the UK, such community initiatives face resistance from the dominant regime due to the unfavorable policies and centralized institutional arrangements. The business practices based on sustainable entrepreneurship can enable community groups to create social, economic, and environmental values for the local communities. In our analysis, we observed that CECs exhibit traits of a sustainable entrepreneur in their efforts to support energy transition. We discerned following business practices based on sustainable entrepreneurship that CECs employ in the UK: (1) mission-driven and locally focused, (2) commercial venturing and collaboration, and (3) grassroots innovations and shared knowledge. In this paper, we observed a strong connection between the CEC business practices and sustainable entrepreneurship that provides a foundation for future academic interests. Further, we noted that intermediary organizations, as part of the business ecosystem, play a crucial role in supporting the UK’s community energy sector.

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation-Related Activities in European Enterprises

Cited by 45 publications

References 17 publications

Innovation for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the Bioeconomy Sector in Poland

Innovation for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the Bioeconomy Sector in Poland

What Do We Still Need to Know about Employee Creativity: A fsQCA Approach

Analyzing Community Initiatives in UK’s Energy Transition through the Lens of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

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