Sustainability orientation and entrepreneurship orientation: Is there a tradeoff relationship between them?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Soo Sung, Chang ^a   Park, Joo Y ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Opportunity recognition; Sustainability orientation; Sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85041565079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10020379     Document Type: Article

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