The Role of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptual Synthesis against the Background of the Multi-Level Perspective

Jacob Hörisch
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Jacob Hörisch: Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Human Sciences and Social Sciences, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Villestraße 3, Alfter 53347, Germany

Administrative Sciences, 2015, vol. 5, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This paper conceptually synthesizes prior studies on sustainable entrepreneurship against the background of the multi-level perspective. It thereby relates separate streams of literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, sustainability transformations and ecopreneurship, which have previously not been systematically connected and synthesized, to the multi-level perspective. The paper furthermore provides suggestions on how the multi-level perspective can be advanced based on the inspirations of these previously only sparsely-connected streams of literature. Finally, implications for entrepreneurs, academia and politics are presented: means to increase the contribution of sustainable entrepreneurship to sustainability transitions are suggested, and the importance of growth and degrowth is discussed in the context of sustainable entrepreneurship.

Keywords: sustainable entrepreneurship; multi-level perspective; sustainability transitions; ecopreneurship; sustainable development; degrowth; transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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