Factors influencing university support for sustainable entrepreneurship: Insights from explorative case studies

Fichter, Klaus; Tiemann, Irina

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.031

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“…Within academic entrepreneurship literature, recent studies are emphasizing the relevant role that universities may have in developing and promoting mechanisms that support the creation and development of social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship [3][4][5][6][7]37]. In line with this argument, Tiemann et al [46] argued that universities have internalized a third central role aimed at developing and supporting innovations oriented towards social challenges.…”

Section: The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Social Innovation In Academentioning

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“…Recent research argues that European universities are increasingly aware of how to solve the major problems and demands of society from a sustainable point of view [83,84]. This increasing awareness towards sustainability is reflected in their strategic plans that include new goals, visions, and priority areas related to corporate social responsibility [7]. By taking these strategic plans as a reference, universities integrate this social and sustainable culture within the university community through their teaching, research, and entrepreneurship activities and nurture ASOs with this culture [85,86].…”

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“…Recent studies within the literature on academic entrepreneurship highlight that academic spinoffs (ASOs) should constitute a focal point for academics and policy-makers, not only because they contribute towards economic renewal, industrial and regional change, and the economic development of emerging markets [1,2], but also due to the social impact that the commercialization of their knowledge bases may provide [3,4]. In this respect, several studies emphasize the role of ASOs in the development of social innovations from a sustainable perspective, and also the influence that universities may have in promoting mechanisms that support the creation and development of said innovations [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Scholten and van der Duin [3] argue that ASOs often develop radical innovations that translate into new business models, alternative products, and approaches of a more sustainable nature that respond to social problems and demands.…”

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“…On the other hand, within the academic entrepreneurship literature, social innovation has barely been studied, and research linking social innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem is even scarcer. However, several authors theoretically argue the importance of universities and governments for the development of sustainable social innovations of ASOs [4][5][6][7][8][9] and claim that more research is required into the effectiveness of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on the entrepreneurial outcomes of ASOs from a social perspective.…”

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“…On the other hand, our study contributes to the academic entrepreneurship literature, since it constitutes the first attempt to analyze the antecedents of social innovations of ASOs from an entrepreneurial ecosystem approach. Recent studies demand further research into external agents that can promote and support the social innovations of ASOs [4,7,9]. These firms provide the main source of knowledge transfer in Europe and stand at the threshold of solving the major challenges of society [3,4].…”

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Social innovations developed by academic spinoffs (ASOs) are acquiring an ever-increasing relevance in the literature on academic entrepreneurship. Previous studies have considered the importance of the social and institutional contexts of entrepreneurial ecosystems for the development of these innovations, although a greater depth of analysis is required in this field of study. This research analyzes the influence of the frequency of contact with agents of social and institutional contexts of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on the social innovations of ASOs. From a sample of 173 Spanish ASOs, the results indicate that frequent contact with government and academic support units improves this type of innovation of ASOs. Regarding social context, an increase in the frequency of contact with customers, suppliers, and competitors favors the development of social innovation. However, frequent contact with venture capital firms inhibits the development of this type of innovation.

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The interplay of corporate entrepreneurship, environmental orientation, and performance in clean‐tech firms—A double‐edged sword

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Clean‐tech innovations are an important driver in solving global issues such as climate change and for the sustainable development of economies around the world. Whereas a large part of the literature focuses on clean‐tech ventures, less is known on corporate entrepreneurship, that is, entrepreneurial behavior in established firms and its relation to sustainability. This paper extends the sustainable entrepreneurship debate to corporate entrepreneurship, which represents a fruitful avenue to further developing clean technologies. We focus particularly on clean‐tech firms' organizational preparedness for corporate entrepreneurship (OPCE), that is, how well a firm's structures and processes are set for entrepreneurial activities. On the basis of contingency theory, this study investigates how the level of OPCE influences the environmental and financial performance of clean‐tech firms and whether their environmental orientation affects these relationships. Building on data from 103 firms, we find support for a positive effect of OPCE on both environmental and financial performance. Both effects are stronger the higher the external environmental orientation. In contrast, the leverage of internal environmental orientation is not equally positive. Our study reveals that the effect of OPCE on financial performance diminishes for firms that are more strongly driven by an internal than an external environmental orientation.

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Reinforcing or counterproductive behaviors for sustainable entrepreneurship? The influence of causation and effectuation on sustainability orientation

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Effectuation, as an emerging theoretical approach in entrepreneurship, is receiving increasing attention in research and practice. Still, the integration of effectuation in sustainable entrepreneurship literature is sparse, and its influence on the sustainability orientation of ventures has so far not been examined in the academic literature. This article, therefore, investigates the influence that causal and effectual behaviors have on the sustainability orientation of established entrepreneurial ventures. This is important to consider, especially if entrepreneurial behaviors were to influence sustainability orientation negatively, this could potentially thwart the venture's ability to create lasting sustainability value. Based on a quantitative survey among 140 sustainable ventures, we find support for the hypothesis that causal behaviors reinforce sustainability orientation. We demonstrate that effectual behaviors exert a positive influence on sustainability orientation as well. Thus, the experimentation and flexibility of goals that ventures possess reflect that effectual behaviors are not at the expense of sustainability orientation. These results can inform sustainable entrepreneurs and educators to use both behaviors purposefully and highlight causal and effectual behaviors are equally important elements for sustainable entrepreneurship education.

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Factors influencing university support for sustainable entrepreneurship: Insights from explorative case studies

Cited by 123 publications

References 30 publications

The Role of Social and Institutional Contexts in Social Innovations of Spanish Academic Spinoffs

The Role of Social and Institutional Contexts in Social Innovations of Spanish Academic Spinoffs

The interplay of corporate entrepreneurship, environmental orientation, and performance in clean‐tech firms—A double‐edged sword

Reinforcing or counterproductive behaviors for sustainable entrepreneurship? The influence of causation and effectuation on sustainability orientation

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