The call of the whole in understanding the development of sustainable ventures

Muñoz, Pablo; Dimov, Dimo

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.012

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“…Two hundred and seventy-one cases exceed the lowest acceptable consistency and frequency (set at ≥0.9 for consistency and 5 for frequency), and 44 cases are below the consistency cutoff line. Drawing on prior fsQCA studies (Mu-oz & Dimov, 2015), the consistency threshold corresponds to a gap in the distribution of consistency scores. Table 2 provides the descriptive statistics and correlations for the calibrated scores.…”

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Institutional complexity and social entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set approach

Muñoz

Kibler

2016

Journal of Business Research

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Institutional complexity and social entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set approach

Muñoz

Kibler

2016

Journal of Business Research

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“…This has prompted researchers, practitioners and policy makers to search for ways of promoting the environmental and social contributions of entrepreneurial activity, alongside conventional commercial imperatives (Cohen and Winn, 2007;Dean and Mcmullen, 2007;Hamann et al, 2017;Hockerts and Wüstenhagen, 2010;Hutter et al, 2016;Kuckertz and Wagner, 2010;Muñoz and Dimov, 2015;Parrish, 2010;Shepherd and Patzelt, 2011).…”

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“…Often, these factors are examined as "piecemeal predictors" of sustainable entrepreneurship, but in practice they are more likely to operate in tandem (Hamann et al, 2017;Muñoz and Dimov, 2015). Thus, there is a need for more holistic approaches to examine the complementarity between possible drivers of sustainable entrepreneurship.…”

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Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry

Wahga

Blundel

Schaefer

2017

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in SMEs operating in a developing economy. The secondary objectives are to explore the relationship between these drivers and to draw out the implications for policy and practice. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is informed by the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, and on the drivers of pro-environmental practices in SMEs. It reports on the results of an intensive multi-level empirical study, which investigates the environmental practices of SMEs in Pakistan's leatherworking industry using a multiple case study design and grounded analysis, which draws on relevant institutional theory. Findings -The study identifies that coercive, normative and mimetic isomorphic pressures simultaneously drive sustainable entrepreneurial activity in the majority of sample SMEs. These pressures are exerted by specific micro-, meso-and macro-level factors, ranging from international customers' requirements to individual-level values of owners and managers. It also reveals the catalytic effect of the educational and awareness-raising activities of intermediary organisations, in tandem with the attraction of competitiveness gains, (international) environmental regulations, industrial dynamism and reputational factors. Practical implications -The evidence suggests that, in countries where formal institutional mechanisms have less of an impact, intermediary organisations can perform a proto-institutional role that helps to overcome pre-existing barriers to environmental improvement by sparking sustainable entrepreneurial activity in SME populations. Originality/value -The findings imply that the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial activity do not operate in a "piecemeal" fashion, but that particular factors mediate the emergence and development of other sustainability drivers. This paper provides new insights into sustainable entrepreneurship and motivations for environmental practices in an under-researched developing economy context.

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“…According to our results, by understanding the style of thinking we can distinguish sustainable entrepreneurs from other entrepreneurs. Our paper provides preliminary answers to recent calls for a better understanding of the sustainable entrepreneur phenomenon [82,86]. In the Iranian context, survey data from 177 entrepreneurs showed that those entrepreneurs that have other values and that are highly future-oriented have a greater tendency to undertake sustainability-oriented actions [14].…”

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“…Sustainable entrepreneurship is a new emerging stream of research in the entrepreneurship literature [82][83][84][85][86]. Sustainable entrepreneurs have a high level of environmental and social concern and contribute positively to environmental degradation [87].…”

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Does Thinking Style Make a Difference in Environmental Perception and Orientation? Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Post-Sanction Iran

2018

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Styles of thinking set different paths for an entrepreneur's perception and strategic action. In order to understand the environmental consequences of a thinking style, we investigated the relations between entrepreneurs' linear and nonlinear styles of thinking with their perception of environmental uncertainty in their businesses. Furthermore, we tested the effect of the entrepreneurs' linear and nonlinear style of thinking on their newly established firms' orientation towards preserving the surrounding internal and external environment. Entrepreneurs with linear or rational thinking styles prefer more tangible data, information, facts, and analytical tools, and entrepreneurs with nonlinear or non-rational thinking styles rely more on internal feelings, impressions, imagination, creativity, and sensations when making important organizational decisions. By using cross-sectional survey data from 144 entrepreneurs in post-sanction Iran (2016-2017), we found that entrepreneurs with a linear style of thinking, in comparison to entrepreneurs with a nonlinear style of thinking, perceive a higher level of environmental state, effect, and response uncertainty in their business context. Furthermore, our survey results reveal that newly established firms by entrepreneurs with nonlinear styles of thinking have a more external environmental orientation, while newly established firms by entrepreneurs with a linear style of thinking have a more internal environmental orientation. Recognizing this contingency advances our understanding of how entrepreneurs perceive and enact their environments.

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The call of the whole in understanding the development of sustainable ventures

Cited by 268 publications

References 65 publications

Institutional complexity and social entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set approach

Institutional complexity and social entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set approach

Understanding the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurial practices in Pakistan’s leather industry

Does Thinking Style Make a Difference in Environmental Perception and Orientation? Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Post-Sanction Iran

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