International business scholars are increasingly calling for more awareness of the local context in which international entrepreneurs pursue business opportunities. In this paper, we respond to this call, arguing that an entrepreneur’s business network engenders self-sustaining dynamics that bear upon …

There is a plurality in the conceptualizations of entrepreneurial opportunities. Yet these conceptualizations lack construct clarity, and there is a need for a more interactive perspective that also recognizes the role of non-human actors. We address these omissions and present a new model of the gestation …

This strategic marketing report is written for the 20Duurzaam20 foundation and bouAd Adviesgroep. The 20Duurzaam20 foundation is an initiative founded by entrepreneurs situated in the community of Katwijk. The foundation strives to accomplish the reduction of energy use by twenty percent or to replace …

This publication addresses the practical research of the Sustainable Cooperative Entrepeneurship (SCE) research group at Hanze University of Applied Science (UAS) Groningen. The SCE research group links market, education and public administration in their commitment to improve local and regional resillience …

According to some, developing a strategy results in producing a paper report, that does not ft the nature of SMEs. They are used to adapting pragmatically to changes. However, shifts in the economy and society are now so great that neither plans nor pragmatism is suffcient to survive. Many SMEs show …

Dutch Greenfields is een organisatie die zich richt op educatie middels online dienstverlening. Zij richten zich daarbij op startende ondernemers die willen ondernemen in de online wereld. De markt voor e-learning ziet een groei van 12% per jaar in West-Europa. Daarnaast is er een groeiende populariteit …

The business models of digital maker-entrepreneurs in open design are inextricably linked to the broader open design community. Digital makers share designs on online platforms such as Thingiverse and use digital manufacturing technology such as 3-D printing as a generative mechanism for their entrepreneurialactivities. …

In this book Silicon Valley expert Peter Ester describes how these 'schools of startup entrepreneurship' operate and how they empower startups. He interviewed over twenty Silicon Valley accelerators. They are analyzed in terms of mission, selection policy, technology focus, target groups, program features, …

We examined the entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability orientation, a persistent and conflicting duality, of sustainable entrepreneurs and their evaluation of competing priorities in sustainability decision making. We conducted an exploratory, mixed-method study of 24 sustainable fashion firms …