This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields. The EIS is particularly relevant from a European point of view given the focus of the European Commission on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, as well as the prominent role of the latter in the Framework Programme of the EU. Also, the Lisbon agenda, with its focus on the quality of life for European citizens, requires that firms reconcile sustainability aspects with profitability and innovation and entrepreneurs are seen as key diffusers of these aims. Sustainability requires both radical (technological) and incremental (product- and process-related) innovation. In many cases, such innovations come from small to medium-sized enterprises and so the role of the entrepreneur is key to their success. The book is split into six sections. The first section examines the nexus in detail focusing on system-oriented connectivity between sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. The second section looks at how to nurture corporate entrepreneurship for sustainability; and the third considers 'mature' industries such as automotives, chemicals and electronics and how sustainability aspects can be integrated into innovation process and strategy. The fourth section examines the nexus through the lens of developing countries in Africa. Sustainable entrepreneurship is identified as a hugely beneficial way to foster development. The fifth section of the book concentrates on SMEs; and finally the EIS nexus is approached from a network perspective and focuses on inter-organisational partnerships, which are often an important facilitator or spark for EIS initiatives. This book will prove to be essential for researchers in the EIS nexus and be of invaluable help to practitioners, governments and inter-governmental bodies attempting to encourage sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation
1. Entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability: an introduction and overview Marcus Wagner Section 1: Integrative views of the EIS nexus 2. The nexus of innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability: making the case for a multi-level approach Romano Dyerson and Lutz Preuss 3. Implementation of sustainable innovations and business models Elli Verhulst and Ivo Dewit Section 2: Corporate entrepreneurship for sustainability-improving innovation 4. Creating a culture of sustainability in entrepreneurial enterprises Timothy J. Galpin and J. Lee Whittington 5. Corporate entrepreneurship and organisational innovation: the case of environmental management system implementation Marcus Wagner Section 3: EIS in mature industries 6. The role of government in shifting firm innovation focus in the automobile industry Preeta M. Banerjee and Micaela Preskill 7. Drivers for sustainability-improving innovation: a qualitative analysis of renewable resources, industrial products and travel services Patrick Llerena and Marcus Wagner Section 4: EIS in developing countries 8. Obstacles to innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana: AN analysis of opportunities for sustainable development Christopher Mensah-Bonsu and Florian Jell 9 The social sustainability of entrepreneurship: AN ethnographic study of entrepreneurial balancing of plural logics Toke Bjerregaard and Jakob Lauring 10. Business, but not as usual: entrepreneurship and sustainable development in low-income economies Boukje Vastbinder, Otto Kroesen, Esther Blom and Roland Ortt Section 5: EIS in small firms 11. Corporate social responsibility in the relationships between large retailers and Italian small and medium food suppliers Fabio Musso and Mario Risso 12. Market demand, eco-products and entrepreneurship in the 'natural cosmetics sector' in Greece Ioannis N. Katsikis Section 6: EIS in a network perspective 13. Publicly mediated inter-organisational networks: a solution for sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs? Erik G. Hansen and Johanna Klewitz 14. Sustainability-improving innovation: empirical insights and relationships with sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship Marcus Wagner and Eva-Maria Lutz
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