Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Resource Constraints: Contributions and Perspectives of Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness

Entrepreneuriat Durable et contraintes de ressources: Apports et perspectives de l’Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness

Redouane Karar () and Maël Sommer ()
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Redouane Karar: LGTO - Laboratoire de Gestion et des Transitions Organisationnelles - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse, TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse, UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse
Maël Sommer: LGTO - Laboratoire de Gestion et des Transitions Organisationnelles - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse, UT - Université de Toulouse

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Abstract: Sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) is gaining attention for its potential to mitigate negative externalities of entrepreneurial activity and address today's pressing social and environmental challenges (Bonfanti et al., 2024). However, in the Anthropocene era, marked by accelerating ecological disruptions and the reaching of planetary boundaries (Richardson et al., 2023), entrepreneurs increasingly face the challenge of pursuing sustainability goals with limited resources (Voltan & De Fuentes, 2024). Resource constraints thereby emerge as a central concern in sustainable entrepreneurial action (Khan et al., 2023). While the concept of Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness (ER) is increasingly recognized for fostering creative solutions in resource-scarce contexts (Williams et al., 2024), it remains underexplored in the field of SE (Carolina et al., 2024). Furthermore, existing ER research is still nascent (Lange et al., 2024) and paid limited attention to socio-environmental issues, leading to a fragmented and conceptually underdeveloped literature bridging these two areas. We address this gap through a systematic framework-based review (Paul et al., 2024), to examine when, how, and to what extent ER intersects with SE. Our objective is to map and structure the field, develop a conceptual framework that deepens of ER's role in fostering sustainable entrepreneurial initiatives within resource-constrained, and propose a future theory-driven research agenda.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness; Entrepreneuriat durable; Contraintes de ressources; Revue systématique de la littérature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-25
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Published in 14ème Congrès de l'Académie de l'Entrepreneuriat et de l'Innovation: L’entrepreneuriat face aux transitions, AEI, Jun 2025, AIX -EN -PROVENCE, France

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