What Impact Does Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Have on Competitiveness?

[EN] Sustainable development and entrepreneurship are increasingly high profile issues and matters of importance to different international agendas. Alongside this interest, there have emerged studies on entrepreneurship and innovation that point to their driving positive impacts at the level of regional development. With their research the authors intend to bridge the gap that exists in the literature on the relationship between innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship, in the sense that innovation does not have to imply actions that suppose a growth of entrepreneurship without any planning. The objectives of this research involve contributing towards the literature on this field of study in terms of knowledge about which environmental and innovation variables best foster the greatest impact of entrepreneurial activities. To this end, the authors deployed aggregate data at the national level gathered by the Environment, Population, International Trade, Labour and National Accounts Statistics, from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the years between and including 2005 and 2012 and for the 35 member states of this organisation. They correspondingly verify that environmental patents do have a positive impact on Real GDP.Fernandes, C.; Mota Veiga, P.; Peris-Ortiz, M.; Rueda Armengot, C. (2017). What Impact Does Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Have on Competitiveness?. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development. IJSESD. 8(3):56-66. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2017070104S56668

Alignment Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Marketing Orientation on Firm Performance

[[abstract]]Previous studies have shown the relevance of corporate entrepreneurial orientation (EO), marketing orientation (MO), and business performance. However, considerable variation exists in the magnitude of the relationship between EO and business performance, and no significant relationship between EO and performance has yet been found. Our central argument is that the benefits of EO depend on firm MO, and the performance of a firm is highest when EO and MO are aligned. This study explored the influence of entrepreneurial–marketing alignments on the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and determined the variables that are most conducive of the alignment effect on SME growth in the context of the Taiwanese economy. Understanding this relationship is essential for guiding entrepreneurial behavior to improve firm performance.[[notice]]補正完

Building smarter cities through social entrepreneurship

The objective of the present study is to examine the extent to which social ventures are able to increase the “smartness” of cities. To achieve this goal, we adopt a qualitative approach using a case study method to obtain valuable insights about different characteristics and strategies of Cais (a non-profit association dedicated to helping disadvantaged people in urban areas). Through our analysis of Cais’s activities, we assess whether its social interventions match the dimensions proposed by Giffinger et al. (2007) to rank smart cities’ performance; specifically, it has smart: economy, people, governance, mobility, environment, and living. The research shows that the action pursued comprises elements from all the above-mentioned dimensions. Further, the analysis reveals that Cais reinforces the smartness of the city in which it acts (in terms of attributes such as living, economy, people, and environment).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio