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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

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, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Ana Inês, Carolina de Sousa Resende, Ricardo Zimmermann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Isaiah Nketiah, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial orientation, competencies, and access to finance in MSMEs: a PLS-SEM analysis of business innovation and performance

Future Business Journal
The present study assesses the implications of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), the availability of financial resources, and the entrepreneurial competencies on business innovation among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in an emerging ...
Afaque Siddiqui, Varsha Rokade
doaj   +1 more source

Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms struggle to transition to circular economy (CE) models, often citing external barriers. Yet some firms succeed, whereas others fail: Why? We argue that success depends on a specific governance capability—a meta‐capability that allows firms to (1) sense and strategically reframe CE imperatives, (2) seize opportunities by aligning diverse ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurial motivation among undergraduates in public and private universities in Southwest, Nigeria

Future Business Journal
Contemporary policymakers increasingly emphasize the need to transform undergraduates’ mindsets into entrepreneurial ones. Achieving this goal requires a thorough understanding of the factors that drive entrepreneurial motivation.
Abigael Adewuni Ogunwoye, Olubode Olusegun Oladele, Dauda Ayodele Morakinyo, Isaiah Omotayo Fakunle, Israel Olasupo Bankefa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of green bonds for the development of the green economy

BizInfo
The authors of this paper discuss the importance of green bonds and their impact on the development of a green economy. A green economy is the goal one should strive for and undertake activities in order to fulfill it. Green bonds are inextricably linked
Marijana Joksimovic, Suzana Stoimenov
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Sustainability Orientation and Sustainability Challenges in SME Responses to Institutional Support

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SMEs receive increasing institutional support to embed sustainability, yet they vary widely in their ability to translate such support into practice. This study addresses this gap by examining the internal cognitive and strategic mechanism (sustainability orientation) through which managers interpret institutional support and the contextual ...
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong, Aqueel Imtiaz Wahga, Sam Zisuh Njinyah, Yen‐Jung Tseng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular Economy in the Healthcare Industry: Developing a Circularity Assessment Tool for Complex Medical Devices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the circular economy transition gains traction in the healthcare sector, extending the lifespan of complex medical devices has become a key priority, given their high cost and the challenges associated with their technological sophistication.
Tetiana Shevchenko, Lauren Durivault, Meisam Ranjbari, Zahra Shams Esfandabadi, Bernard Yannou, Robert Heidsieck, Michael Saidani, Ghada Bouillass   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital finance, entrepreneurial choice, and the risk resistance of rural households

International Review of Economics & Finance
The rise of digital finance provides a new pathway for enhancing the ability of rural households to withstand economic shocks. Based on empirical research using three waves of data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), this paper demonstrates ...
Li Zhang, Xinwei Song
doaj   +1 more source