Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

This book explores the interaction between entrepreneurship and UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Our existing knowledge of how entrepreneurship can contribute to the SDGs and how their implementation can transform enterprises is limited. This is due to several factors including the recent launch of the SDGs and the rapidly growing and changing global economic, social and environmental challenges. Entrepreneurship, however, can be the engine for transforming our world and overcoming the diverse nature of these global challenges. Beyond the rationale of this book, the organisation and structure of the book is presented. All chapters are introduced and their key points highlighted. At the end of this chapter, the editors provide concluding remarks, future research avenues and policy implications arising from this collective volume.

Citation

Apostolopoulos, N., Al-Dajani, H., Holt, D., Jones, P. and Newbery, R. (2018), "Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals", Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 8), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620180000008005