Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability. Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development goals
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In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2018, p. 131-152.
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T1 - Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability.
T2 - Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development goals
AU - Schaltegger, Stefan
AU - Beckmann, Markus
AU - Hockerts, Kai
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Sustainable entrepreneurship is seen as a promising approach aiming to solve complex social, environmental, and economic problems with innovative solutions. Whilst the concept of collaboration provides an important conceptual overlap between the entrepreneurship and sustainability literatures, it has so far received little attention in sustainable entrepreneurship research. The purpose of this article is to explore links between collaborative entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Sustainability challenges increase the importance for entrepreneurial collaboration in three ways: first, for cross-actor participation within entrepreneurial processes; second, for coordinating across sustainability issues and between entrepreneurial solutions; and third, for cross-sector cooperation between different forms of entrepreneurship such as social entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, and policy entrepreneurship. We show how understanding this link between collaborative entrepreneurship and sustainable development sheds new light on both entrepreneurship theory and practice as well as sustainability research.
AB - Sustainable entrepreneurship is seen as a promising approach aiming to solve complex social, environmental, and economic problems with innovative solutions. Whilst the concept of collaboration provides an important conceptual overlap between the entrepreneurship and sustainability literatures, it has so far received little attention in sustainable entrepreneurship research. The purpose of this article is to explore links between collaborative entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Sustainability challenges increase the importance for entrepreneurial collaboration in three ways: first, for cross-actor participation within entrepreneurial processes; second, for coordinating across sustainability issues and between entrepreneurial solutions; and third, for cross-sector cooperation between different forms of entrepreneurship such as social entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, and policy entrepreneurship. We show how understanding this link between collaborative entrepreneurship and sustainable development sheds new light on both entrepreneurship theory and practice as well as sustainability research.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics
KW - sustainable entrepreneurship
KW - Sustainable development goals
KW - UN SDGs
KW - collaborative entrepreneurship
KW - Sustainable development
KW - environmental entrepreneurship
KW - social entrepreneurship
KW - policy entrepreneurship
KW - United Nations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049560316&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJEV.2018.092709
DO - 10.1504/IJEV.2018.092709
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 10
SP - 131
EP - 152
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
SN - 1742-5360
IS - 2
ER -