TY - JOUR

T1 - Sustainability entrepreneurship to address large distances in international food supply

AU - Weber, Hanna

AU - Wiek, Arnim

AU - Lang, Daniel J.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 The Authors. Business Strategy and Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

PY - 2020/9/1

Y1 - 2020/9/1

N2 - International food supply is often associated with negative externalities including injustices across the economic value chain favoring trade over production and processing, significant transport‐related greenhouse gas emissions, and poor working conditions in the regions where food is being produced or processed. Relevant proxies for this situation seem to be large distances, specifically, large geographical and relational distances. Sustainability entrepreneurship demonstrates innovative practices to address large distances in international food supply. We describe five entrepreneurial solution approaches and illustrate them with empirical cases to facilitate learning across cases and support wider adoption of these practices. Our study provides food scholars, entrepreneurs, and businesses with evidence and insights on how to foster sustainable food supply through overcoming large distances.

AB - International food supply is often associated with negative externalities including injustices across the economic value chain favoring trade over production and processing, significant transport‐related greenhouse gas emissions, and poor working conditions in the regions where food is being produced or processed. Relevant proxies for this situation seem to be large distances, specifically, large geographical and relational distances. Sustainability entrepreneurship demonstrates innovative practices to address large distances in international food supply. We describe five entrepreneurial solution approaches and illustrate them with empirical cases to facilitate learning across cases and support wider adoption of these practices. Our study provides food scholars, entrepreneurs, and businesses with evidence and insights on how to foster sustainable food supply through overcoming large distances.

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - innovation

KW - international community-supported agriculture

KW - proximity

KW - relationships

KW - solidarity

KW - sustainability transformation

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U2 - 10.1002/bsd2.97

DO - 10.1002/bsd2.97

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 3

SP - 318

EP - 331

JO - Business Strategy and Development

JF - Business Strategy and Development

SN - 2572-3170

IS - 3

ER -