Sustainability in start-up ventures: what founders say versus what they do
Founders of start-up ventures today can benefit from implementing sustainability efforts to enhance their viability over the long term. But, do founders of start-up ventures regularly incorporate and reinforce sustainable business practices in their business models? An opinion survey of prospective...
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| author | Galpin, T Hebard, J |
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| description | Founders of start-up ventures today can benefit from implementing sustainability efforts to enhance their viability over the long term. But, do founders of start-up ventures regularly incorporate and reinforce sustainable business practices in their business models? An opinion survey of prospective business start-up founders, along with a content analysis of their business plans, is used to compare founders’ views – “what they say” – about sustainable business practices to their described business models – “what they do.” Findings suggest that prospective business founders do value sustainable business practices. However, the content of their business models does not reflect their espoused importance of sustainability. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fee34bfd-93c5-42c6-9b81-c37f2abdea902022-03-27T13:40:08ZSustainability in start-up ventures: what founders say versus what they doJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fee34bfd-93c5-42c6-9b81-c37f2abdea90Symplectic Elements at OxfordEmerald2015Galpin, THebard, JFounders of start-up ventures today can benefit from implementing sustainability efforts to enhance their viability over the long term. But, do founders of start-up ventures regularly incorporate and reinforce sustainable business practices in their business models? An opinion survey of prospective business start-up founders, along with a content analysis of their business plans, is used to compare founders’ views – “what they say” – about sustainable business practices to their described business models – “what they do.” Findings suggest that prospective business founders do value sustainable business practices. However, the content of their business models does not reflect their espoused importance of sustainability. |
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