Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Past Researches and Future Directions
Published: 2013
Author(s) Name: B. Rajasekaran |
Author(s) Affiliation: Professor & Head, Dept. of Management Studies, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
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Abstract
Sustainable Entrepreneurship(SE) has emerged
as a new area of scholarship in the field of
entrepreneurship research which seeks to address
social and environmental problems. Sustainable
Entrepreneurship takes into account both social
aspects and environmental effects and also
considering the long-term economic and business
consequences of new venture opportunities. The
term ‘sustainable entrepreneurship’ combines two
words, sustainability and entrepreneurship. However,
research combining sustainable development and
entrepreneurship is relatively new. The newness of
the field offers tremendous opportunity to explore new
ground and relationships in the field of sustainable
entrepreneurship.
This paper describes the concept of sustainable
entrepreneurship, examines the past researches and
outlines a prospective research agenda for further
inquiry in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship.
Keywords: Sustainability, Sustainable entrepreneurship, Sustainopreneurship
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