Exploring Environmental Entrepreneurship: Identity Coupling, Venture Goals, and Stakeholder Incentives

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 695-737

  York, Jeffrey G ^a   O'Neil, Isobel ^b   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectuation; Entrepreneurial identity; Environmental entrepreneurship; Hybrid organizations; Institutional logics; Social enterprise; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960969704     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12198     Document Type: Article

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