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Editorial
Entrepreneurship as Facilitator for Sustainable Development? Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in Sustainable Entrepreneurship”
by Jacob Hörisch
Adm. Sci. 2016, 6(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci6010004 - 18 Mar 2016
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In his quote from the 1940s, Joseph Schumpeter highlights the enormous transformative potential of entrepreneurship.[...] Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Entrepreneurship)
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Is Self-Regulation Sufficient? Case of the German Transparency Code
by Kristin Buske, Stefan Jentzsch and Clemens Bechter
Adm. Sci. 2016, 6(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci6010003 - 23 Feb 2016
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The German pharmaceutical industry is stepping ahead with its implementation of a new transparency disclosure code for cooperation between pharmaceutical companies and health care professionals (HCPs) and health care organisations (HCOs). In Germany, this transparency code (“Transparenzkodex”) is applicable since January 2015, and [...] Read more.
The German pharmaceutical industry is stepping ahead with its implementation of a new transparency disclosure code for cooperation between pharmaceutical companies and health care professionals (HCPs) and health care organisations (HCOs). In Germany, this transparency code (“Transparenzkodex”) is applicable since January 2015, and data will be publicly available around mid-2016. No empirical work has been done that addresses the impact of the transparency code on cooperation between HCPs, HCOs and the pharmaceutical companies, including the possibilities of competitive analysis of the available data. In this paper, we interviewed experts from 11 pharmaceutical companies representing small, medium-sized as well as multinational corporations which represent 80% of the German pharmaceutical market. Besides interviews, the authors designed a game to evaluate possible financial investments in key opinion leaders. The market can be regarded as a zero sum game. By allowing public identification of such key HCPs and HCOs, the amount spent on them might increase and not decrease. In a way, the transparency code may foster more and not less spending; in our simulation game, the financial investment in marketing key HCPs and HCOs exceeded sustainable limits. Full article
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Administrative Sciences in 2015
by Administrative Sciences Editorial Office
Adm. Sci. 2016, 6(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci6010002 - 25 Jan 2016
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The editors of Administrative Sciences would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...] Full article
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The Dilemma of Incumbents in Sustainability Transitions: A Narrative Approach
by Karoline Augenstein and Alexandra Palzkill
Adm. Sci. 2016, 6(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci6010001 - 25 Dec 2015
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In the context of the larger sustainability discourse, “sufficiency” is beginning to emerge as a new value throughout Western societies, and the question asked in this article is: Can we observe and conceptually identify opportunities to link successful business strategies of incumbents to [...] Read more.
In the context of the larger sustainability discourse, “sufficiency” is beginning to emerge as a new value throughout Western societies, and the question asked in this article is: Can we observe and conceptually identify opportunities to link successful business strategies of incumbents to principles of sufficiency? Thus, how feasible is sustainable entrepreneurship for incumbents? In this paper, a conceptual approach is developed combining insights from sociology, transition research, management and sustainable entrepreneurship research with a focus on narratives as a translation mechanism in situations where tensions emerge between corporate narratives and unexpected societal trends, e.g., the emergence of sufficient lifestyles. It will be shown that even though these are still a niche phenomenon, a focus on corporate narratives is an important element in understanding the role of incumbents in transitions to sustainability. Full article
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