Eco-entrepreneurship: An empirical perspective based on survey data

Abstract

Eco-entrepreneurship has emerged as an intensively debated topic over the last few years with a recent upsurge of writing in the field. At the same time, the debate on this topic has moved increasingly from journals focused on environmental management (Schaltegger, 2002) to mainstream business journals (Cohen & Winn, 2007; Dean & McMullen, 2007). The topic of eco-entrepreneurship lies at the nexus of innovation, concern for the environment, and entrepreneurship. Yet, most contributions to date remain conceptual or focus on reporting case studies (Schaltegger, 2002; Schaltegger & Petersen, 2001). Rarely found are results and analyses of larger-scale empirical surveys on the topic, and it is this gap in the literature that this chapter addresses.

Citation

Wagner, M. (2009), "Eco-entrepreneurship: An empirical perspective based on survey data", Libecap, G.D. (Ed.) Frontiers in Eco-Entrepreneurship Research (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 20), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-4736(2009)0000020009