The Role of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptual Synthesis against the Background of the Multi-Level Perspective
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2015-11
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MDPI AG - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Abstract
This paper conceptually synthesizes prior studies on sustainable entrepreneurship against the background of the multi-level perspective.It thereby relates
separate streams of literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, sustainability
transformations and ecopreneurship, which have previously not been systematically
connected and synthesized, to the multi-level perspective. The paper furthermore provides suggestions on how the multi-level perspective can be advanced based on the inspirations of these previously only sparsely-connected streams of literature. Finally, implications for entrepreneurs, academia and politics are presented: means to increase the contribution of sustainable entrepreneurship to sustainability transitions are suggested, and the importance of growth and degrowth is discussed in the context of sustainable entrepreneurship.
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doi:10.3390/admsci5040286
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sustainable entrepreneurship, multi-level perspective, sustainability transitions, ecopreneurship, sustainable development, degrowth, transformation
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Administrative Sciences 2015, vol. 5, 286–300