The university's role in sustainable development: Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

Wakkee, Ingrid; Sijde, Peter van der; Vaupell, Christiaan; Ghuman, Karminder

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.10.013

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“…In recent years, the concept of social entrepreneurship has gained the consideration of both practitioners and academics, as revealed by an emerging body of theoretical studies and empirical communities (Wakkee et al 2019;Ashrafi et al 2020). Accordingly, there are signs of inclining interest in the discipline of social entrepreneurship, but still, it is revolving in the emergent phase of its lifecycle (Cohen and Winn 2007) with an in-process development of institutional legitimacy (Hall et al 2010).…”

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An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Entrepreneurship: A Gendered Approach

Khursheed¹,

Fatima²,

Mustafa³

et al. 2021

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Purpose: This study examines how entrepreneurial ecosystem factors (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial education, physical and commercial infrastructure, culture, and R&D transfer activities) shape social entrepreneurial activities (SEA) of men and women. Design/methodology/approach: Panel data from 35 countries are examined through General Methods of Moments (GMM) with Arellano Bond tests for the period of ten years (2005-2014). Findings: Our results indicate that women are more likely to get involved in creation of social ventures. Further, the selected six entrepreneurial factors modify SEA in a significantly different manner for both genders. Originality/value: Based on this analysis, this study is the first to provide deeper insights for improving the assessment of social entrepreneurial activities in efficiency and innovation driven economies within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Entrepreneurship: A Gendered Approach

Khursheed¹,

Fatima²,

Mustafa³

et al. 2021

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“…For example, Brodnik and Brown (2018) examine the agency of institutional entrepreneurs, whose actions enabled change in dominant industry practices connected with the urban water management, employing a case study approach. Wakkee, van der Sijde, Vaupell, and Ghuman (2019) consider the institutional entrepreneurship of universities that enable sustainable entrepreneurship by helping to reduce the liabilities of smallness for new firms. Weisenfeld and Hauerwaas' (2018) focus is on the role of action and practice ‘worksets’ in changing institutional logic to enhance urban sustainable development.…”

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Institutional entrepreneurship and permaculture: A practice theory perspective

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Iskandarova

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2021

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Permaculture is a growing but little researched phenomenon emphasising care for the environment, equity, fair treatment of people and working with—and not against—nature. It thus represents a potential alternative to business as usual, capable of addressing fundamental challenges posed by human‐made climate change. The paper examines a previously ignored site of entrepreneurship by taking a practice perspective, exploring connections between the practice and growth of permaculture and institutional entrepreneurship. It assesses practice‐related and institutional factors affecting the start‐up and operation of permaculture enterprises in the United Kingdom. The study maps and surveys UK Permaculture Association members who have started up their own business and reports on qualitative data from personal interviews with twenty of them. Data analysis employs NVivo software and involves thematic analysis pertaining to the practice, institutional biographies and institutional portfolios of permaculture entrepreneurs. The findings show the importance of permaculture activists' institutional biographies and institutional portfolios to the start‐up and operation of permaculture enterprises and for shaping permaculture‐related practice. The contribution of the paper lies in how it balances attention to individual agency with subfield‐specific, organisational field and macrosocial factors in understanding ‘beyond profit’ entrepreneurship.

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“…Universities that more closely interact with the society, do not only have the opportunity to make changes, but they also have the moral responsibility to develop and disseminate necessary knowledge, values, skills, and awareness to create a sustainable and fair future [1,138]. Universities have been recognized to play a key role (a catalyst) in sustainable development by supplying the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem with a skilled labor force, by developing new knowledge and technology, by making these resources available to local organizations and by spinning off (new) companies [139][140][141][142] in an increasingly complex environment of stakeholders and shareholders [143]. The opening of new universities and research institutes has been shown to boost a region's economy in numerous places around the world [144].…”

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A Conceptual Model Proposal: Universities as Culture Change Agents for Sustainable Development

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This paper aims to propose a conceptual model that synthesizes the existing findings concerning universities as culture change agents for sustainable development. The model could serve as a guidance on how universities might get involved in the pro-SD activities. It also underlines the prerequisite of the quality culture that should be introduced within all the activities of universities to successfully act as culture change agents for SD. This paper builds upon the holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to demonstrate that SD does not happen in isolation and that the role of universities in its creation is significant. This study includes a literature review to contextualize the impact of universities on culture and their potential role in SD. The conclusions stemming from the literature review materialize in the proposal of the conceptual model of the university as the culture change agent for SD. The elaborated framework responds to the need for greater clarity, ordering and systematization of the role of universities in the processes of initiating, promoting and modelling the SD-oriented changes while appreciating the role of culture as an enabler, means of social change and a result of SD-focused interventions. The paper contributes to the body of knowledge by offering a novel perspective on the assumed interrelations between university, its quality culture, university main operations such as education, research and engagement with the society as well as the culture and the agency of stakeholders in the context of meeting the world’s current demands without compromising the needs of future generations.

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The university's role in sustainable development: Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

Cited by 88 publications

References 98 publications

An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Entrepreneurship: A Gendered Approach

An Empirical Analysis of the Factors Influencing Social Entrepreneurship: A Gendered Approach

Institutional entrepreneurship and permaculture: A practice theory perspective

A Conceptual Model Proposal: Universities as Culture Change Agents for Sustainable Development

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