Entrepreneurial orientation, environmental sustainability and new venture performance: does stakeholder integration matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 79-87

  Amankwah‐Amoah, Joseph ^a   Danso, Albert ^b   Adomako, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Environmental policy; Environmental sustainability orientation; Ghana; New venture firms; Stakeholder engagement; Stakeholder integration; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 85050595349     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2191     Document Type: Article

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