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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be repurposed to stationary storage batteries. While this circularity solution has attracted attention from entrepreneurs, falling battery prices, along with the longer lifetime of new batteries, high consumer expectations and limited governmental support challenge the approach.
Juliane Seika, Merla Kubli
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Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann +2 more
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Cogent Economics & FinanceWhile specialized stock exchanges for small and medium enterprises have proliferated, firm-level drivers of listing remain weakly theorized, especially in emerging economies. Drawing on pecking order theory, signaling theory, and the resource-based view,
Rushi Anandan Karichalil
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Diversity and SMEs : Existing Evidence and Policy Tensions : ERC White Paper No.3 [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this White Paper is to present an overarching review of the evidence that currently exists with regard to diversity and SMEs. It outlines longstanding concerns that entrepreneurial activities and ambitions are restricted to a narrow range ...
Carter, Sara +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmentally oriented ventures pursue a dual mission: to create both environmental and financial value. This dual mission adds complexity and can influence ventures' funding prospects, as investors mostly pursue financial motivations.
David Flore +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The critical role of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth through employment generation and innovation cannot go unseen, especially the efforts of small firms in promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. With more market and consumer focus on sustainability and the shift toward eco‐friendly products, SMEs can ...
Nasser Hadi Alajmi
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On the Role of Entrepreneurial Experience for Start-up Financing: An Empirical Investigation for Germany [PDF]
Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of problems and ...
Metzger, Georg
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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Knowledge based entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Hungary: results from 4 case studies [PDF]
, 2006 This paper describes knowledge based entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Hungary, in particular the growth and development process of 4 firms are studied: Dekonta, an environmental services firm, Et netera, an IT services firm, both operating in ...
Bishop, K.
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Growth Strategy of Circular Startups
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular startups (CSUs) play a crucial role in the circular transition by developing circular business models (CBMs) that minimise resource use and narrow material and energy loops. However, empirical research on how CBMs shape growth strategies and how ecosystems enable or constrain scaling remains limited.
Gustavo Dalmarco +3 more
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