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Embedding Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Companies: The Eternal Internal Challenge

verfasst von : Aileen Ionescu-Somers

Erschienen in: Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Since the late 1980s, a major focus of executives responsible for sustainability strategy rollout in companies has been on “finding the business case” for sustainability and on convincing mainstream managers to exploit that case as much as possible internally and externally. Research has proven that the stronger the business case, and the more value drivers it builds upon, the stronger the internal and external appeal of associated projects, and the more robust the internal alignment within corporate organizations (Steger 2004). However, research has also shown that the “right” values, and corporate mind- and skill sets go a long way to supporting this process through the recruitment and creation of sustainability entrepreneurs that change behavioral patterns within firms.

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Metadaten
Titel
Embedding Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Companies: The Eternal Internal Challenge
verfasst von
Aileen Ionescu-Somers
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38753-1_12

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