TY - JOUR

T1 - Sustainable entrepreneurship: creating environmental solutions in light of planetary boundaries

AU - Schaltegger, Stefan

AU - Beckmann, Markus

AU - Hockerts, Kai

N1 - Special Issue on: Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Creating Environmental Solutions – Part I

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - This article discusses sustainable entrepreneurship in light ofplanetary boundaries and related aims to contribute to managing for and in asafe operating space for humanity. The rapidly developing research area ofenvironmental, social and sustainable entrepreneurship has flourished for thelast two decades and improved our understanding of the phenomenon.However, while a contribution to sustainable development is often stated ingeneral terms or implied, most of the sustainable entrepreneurship literaturefocuses on classifications, motivations, processes and specific outcomeswithout explicit links to how planetary boundaries are addressed. This paperdiscusses links between sustainable entrepreneurship and the planetaryboundaries concept by addressing both perspectives: how can the conceptof planetary boundaries provide perspectives for designing and assessingsustainable entrepreneurship? And how can sustainable entrepreneurshipcontribute effectively to an economy and society operating in a safe operatingspace for humanity?

AB - This article discusses sustainable entrepreneurship in light ofplanetary boundaries and related aims to contribute to managing for and in asafe operating space for humanity. The rapidly developing research area ofenvironmental, social and sustainable entrepreneurship has flourished for thelast two decades and improved our understanding of the phenomenon.However, while a contribution to sustainable development is often stated ingeneral terms or implied, most of the sustainable entrepreneurship literaturefocuses on classifications, motivations, processes and specific outcomeswithout explicit links to how planetary boundaries are addressed. This paperdiscusses links between sustainable entrepreneurship and the planetaryboundaries concept by addressing both perspectives: how can the conceptof planetary boundaries provide perspectives for designing and assessingsustainable entrepreneurship? And how can sustainable entrepreneurshipcontribute effectively to an economy and society operating in a safe operatingspace for humanity?

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - sustainable entrepreneurship

KW - environmental solutions

KW - planetary boundaries

KW - Ecopreneurship

KW - environmental entrepreneurship

KW - safe operating space

KW - Transition

KW - sustainability transformation

KW - corporate sustainability

KW - sustainable entrepreneurship

KW - environmental solutions

KW - planetary boundaries

KW - ecopreneurship

KW - environmental entrepreneurship

KW - safe operating space

KW - transition

KW - sustainability transformation

KW - corporate sustainability

UR - https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJEV.2018.090990

U2 - 10.1504/IJEV.2018.090990

DO - 10.1504/IJEV.2018.090990

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 10

SP - 1

EP - 16

JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

SN - 1742-5360

IS - 1

ER -