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2 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research: Narratives, Tensions and Future Agendas

  • Stefano Pascucci
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De Gruyter Handbook of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch De Gruyter Handbook of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research

Abstract

Sustainable entrepreneurship research is a fast-rising field of enquiry in the management and organisation literature, signalling an emerging interest for understanding how societies respond to ever-increasing environmental degradation and detrimental impact on socio-ecological processes in contemporary economies. Within this scholarship, we recognise the co-existence of two narratives and fields of enquiry: on the one hand, we have scholars interested in looking at sustainability as a business opportunity. On the other hand, an emerging community of scholars is challenging this assumption and questioning the role of entrepreneurship to produce and reproduce social and ecological struggles. This coexistence reflects on a number of critical tensions affecting business studies in more general terms, and the wider conversation on sustainable development goals. In this chapter, we have attempted to unearth and discuss these tensions, particularly looking at how scholars and practitioners position themselves in their understanding of sustainable entrepreneurship. Looking at this literature, we have distilled three conceptual dimensions to map sustainable entrepreneurship research. First, we discuss sustainability as a concept gathering notions and principles from different schools of thought and worldviews. Second, we interpret entrepreneurship as a field of (business) practices but also evoking the notion of activism in socio-technical transitions, for example mobilising the idea of social entrepreneurship for sustainability, pro-social or community-based entrepreneurship. Finally, we look at business-society-nature relations through multiple worldviews, and mobilise different combinations of environmental and socio-economic perspectives.

Abstract

Sustainable entrepreneurship research is a fast-rising field of enquiry in the management and organisation literature, signalling an emerging interest for understanding how societies respond to ever-increasing environmental degradation and detrimental impact on socio-ecological processes in contemporary economies. Within this scholarship, we recognise the co-existence of two narratives and fields of enquiry: on the one hand, we have scholars interested in looking at sustainability as a business opportunity. On the other hand, an emerging community of scholars is challenging this assumption and questioning the role of entrepreneurship to produce and reproduce social and ecological struggles. This coexistence reflects on a number of critical tensions affecting business studies in more general terms, and the wider conversation on sustainable development goals. In this chapter, we have attempted to unearth and discuss these tensions, particularly looking at how scholars and practitioners position themselves in their understanding of sustainable entrepreneurship. Looking at this literature, we have distilled three conceptual dimensions to map sustainable entrepreneurship research. First, we discuss sustainability as a concept gathering notions and principles from different schools of thought and worldviews. Second, we interpret entrepreneurship as a field of (business) practices but also evoking the notion of activism in socio-technical transitions, for example mobilising the idea of social entrepreneurship for sustainability, pro-social or community-based entrepreneurship. Finally, we look at business-society-nature relations through multiple worldviews, and mobilise different combinations of environmental and socio-economic perspectives.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of Contributors XI
  4. 1 Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Foundations
  6. Introduction 25
  7. 2 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research: Narratives, Tensions and Future Agendas 29
  8. 3 Fostering Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Through Action Research: The Role of Value Reciprocity and Impact Temporality 45
  9. 4 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education 63
  10. 5 Consultation: Building Social Relations with Productive Benefits 83
  11. Part II: Leadership
  12. Introduction 103
  13. 6 Value-Driven Leadership in Sustainable Entrepreneurship 107
  14. 7 Back to the Sustainable Future: The Influence of the Big Five Personality Traits on Consideration of Future Consequences 123
  15. 8 Unpacking Opportunity Recognition for Sustainable Entrepreneurship 143
  16. 9 Leadership in Transitions: The Case of Hydrogen 159
  17. Part III: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Context
  18. Introduction 185
  19. 10 Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Context: Mapping Research on the Nexus and Demarcating Future Research Directions 189
  20. 11 The Untold Story of Women’s Online Business in Bangladesh 213
  21. 12 Climate-Smart Agriculture Diffusion within Smallholder Agriculture Context: The Role of Business Models of Sustainable Entrepreneurs 233
  22. 13 Sustainable Entrepreneurial Storytelling in the Caribbean: Digital Storytelling to Empower Trinidad and Tobago’s Cocoa Sector 255
  23. Part IV: Business Models
  24. Introduction 283
  25. 14 From Economic to Sustainable Value Creation 287
  26. 15 Transformative Organizational Learning for Circular Economy 307
  27. 16 Accelerating Transitions Through Business Model Thinking 323
  28. 17 A Long-Term Perspective on Sustainable Business Modelling Changing Value Creation, Actors and Scope in a Quest to Foster Transformation and Transition 343
  29. Part V: Performance and Impact
  30. Introduction 361
  31. 18 Impact Investment in Southeast Asia: An Overview and Framework 365
  32. 19 Enabling the Agency of Others: The Ultimate Impact of Social Entrepreneurs 389
  33. 20 Breaking Boundaries: The Case of Women Tech-Entrepreneurs in Lebanon 407
  34. 21 Mapping Change in Local Energy: Community Energy Groups and Their Theory of Change 423
  35. List of Figures 441
  36. List of Tables 443
  37. Index 445
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110756159-003

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. List of Contributors XI
  4. 1 Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Foundations
  6. Introduction 25
  7. 2 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research: Narratives, Tensions and Future Agendas 29
  8. 3 Fostering Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Through Action Research: The Role of Value Reciprocity and Impact Temporality 45
  9. 4 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education 63
  10. 5 Consultation: Building Social Relations with Productive Benefits 83
  11. Part II: Leadership
  12. Introduction 103
  13. 6 Value-Driven Leadership in Sustainable Entrepreneurship 107
  14. 7 Back to the Sustainable Future: The Influence of the Big Five Personality Traits on Consideration of Future Consequences 123
  15. 8 Unpacking Opportunity Recognition for Sustainable Entrepreneurship 143
  16. 9 Leadership in Transitions: The Case of Hydrogen 159
  17. Part III: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Context
  18. Introduction 185
  19. 10 Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Context: Mapping Research on the Nexus and Demarcating Future Research Directions 189
  20. 11 The Untold Story of Women’s Online Business in Bangladesh 213
  21. 12 Climate-Smart Agriculture Diffusion within Smallholder Agriculture Context: The Role of Business Models of Sustainable Entrepreneurs 233
  22. 13 Sustainable Entrepreneurial Storytelling in the Caribbean: Digital Storytelling to Empower Trinidad and Tobago’s Cocoa Sector 255
  23. Part IV: Business Models
  24. Introduction 283
  25. 14 From Economic to Sustainable Value Creation 287
  26. 15 Transformative Organizational Learning for Circular Economy 307
  27. 16 Accelerating Transitions Through Business Model Thinking 323
  28. 17 A Long-Term Perspective on Sustainable Business Modelling Changing Value Creation, Actors and Scope in a Quest to Foster Transformation and Transition 343
  29. Part V: Performance and Impact
  30. Introduction 361
  31. 18 Impact Investment in Southeast Asia: An Overview and Framework 365
  32. 19 Enabling the Agency of Others: The Ultimate Impact of Social Entrepreneurs 389
  33. 20 Breaking Boundaries: The Case of Women Tech-Entrepreneurs in Lebanon 407
  34. 21 Mapping Change in Local Energy: Community Energy Groups and Their Theory of Change 423
  35. List of Figures 441
  36. List of Tables 443
  37. Index 445
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