The Green Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as an Innovation Factor That Enables the Creation of New Sustainable Business

Victoria Eugenia Sanchez-Garcia, Cristina Gallego, Juan Antonio Marquez and Elena Peribáñez ()
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Victoria Eugenia Sanchez-Garcia: Business and Talent Department, EAE Business School-Madrid, Joaquín Costa 41, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Cristina Gallego: Economics Business Department, Organization Business, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Paseo de Artilleros s/n, Vicalvaro, 28032 Madrid, Spain
Juan Antonio Marquez: Market Research and Quantitative Methods Department, ESIC University, Avda. Valdenigriales, s/n, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Elena Peribáñez: Business and Talent Department, EAE Business School-Madrid, Joaquín Costa 41, 28002 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: This study examined the role of green entrepreneurial self-efficacy (GESE) through the lens of dynamic capabilities in innovation and adaptation. The research model postulated a relationship between the reconfiguration of entrepreneurial capabilities necessary to achieve a sustainable business model in the market. A structured questionnaire was adopted, validated, and disseminated among 917 entrepreneurs in Spain and Portugal (Iberian Peninsula). The findings confirmed a significant positive effect of dynamic capabilities on green and sustainable entrepreneurial intentions, mediated by self-efficacy. The study’s results indicate significant relationships between the capabilities studied, and that innovation and adaptation capabilities influence green entrepreneurial self-efficacy. These results are fundamental in guiding the market towards business models that need to be reconfigured to generate value through social impact. We offer management implications for organizations, academics, and other stakeholders, such as policymakers, so that the needs of the green market in the Iberian Peninsula can be met more efficiently.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; innovation; adaptation capability; green self-efficacy entrepreneur; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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