International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 24 Issue 2

Advancing sustainable entrepreneurship through substantive research

Pablo Muñoz, Frank Janssen, Katerina Nicolopoulou, Kai Hockerts

Opportunity recognition in sustainable entrepreneurship: an exploratory study

Ruven Hanohov, Leonie Baldacchino

The recognition of opportunities for sustainable development is considered to be an essential part of sustainable entrepreneurship, but studies that address this phenomenon are…

Drivers of entrepreneurial intentions in sustainable entrepreneurship

Anna Maija Vuorio, Kaisu Puumalainen, Katharina Fellnhofer

The role of entrepreneurship has changed to include issues beyond economic growth. This has turned attention toward the drivers of entrepreneurial intentions across…

Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry: A multi-level approach

Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga, Richard Blundel, Anja Schaefer

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in SMEs operating in a developing economy. The secondary objectives are to explore the…

Regulatory focus theory and sustainable entrepreneurship

Denise Fischer, René Mauer, Malte Brettel

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of regulatory focus in sustainable entrepreneurship processes to answer questions on how sustainable entrepreneurs pursue their…

Exploring strategic agency in sustainability-oriented entrepreneur legitimation

Orlagh Reynolds, Maura Sheehan, Rachel Hilliard

The purpose of this paper is to look at the role played by three archetypal constructs pertaining to the individual sustainability-oriented entrepreneur, namely prior knowledge…

Green start-up finance – where do particular challenges lie?

Linda Bergset

The purpose of this paper is to shed some new light on the entrepreneurial finance of green start-ups, for which there has been little quantitative empirical evidence thus far. It…

Sustainable institutional entrepreneurship in practice: Insights from SMEs in the clean energy sector in Tuscany (Italy)

Federica Gasbarro, Francesco Rizzi, Marco Frey

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how sustainable entrepreneurs (SEs) address the regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive institutional pillars when operating in…

Causal mapping small business advisors’ belief systems: a case of entrepreneurship policy research

Mauri Laukkanen, Erno T. Tornikoski

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, using the case of Finnish small business advisors (SBAs), it aims to clarify a controversy in entrepreneurship policy about using…

Resource configurations for new family venture growth

Mark R. Mallon, Stephen E. Lanivich, Ryan L. Klinger

Sustainable Family Business Theory states that human, social, and financial capital are important for new family venture growth, yet there may be multiple combinations that could…

Self-employment: the significance of ability, desire and opportunity

Per Broomé, Henrik Ohlsson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of ability, desire and opportunity on the individual’s intention to be self-employed.

The winning personality: Impact of founders’ personality traits and firms’ network relationships on Chinese apparel new venture performance

Li Zhao, Ha-Brookshire Jung

Grounded in Barney’s (1991) resource-based view of the firm and social network theory, and utilizing the Big Five factors as outlined by McCrae and Costa (1997), the purpose of…

Routledge Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies

Besnik Krasniqi

Leadership and Change Management: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Constantinos Choromides