Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Transitions: Ecosystems, Communities, and Cultural Dynamics
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 244
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Interests: sustainable marketing; ethical consumer behavior; innovation management; digital transformation; corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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Interests: sustainable entrepreneurship; social and community-based innovation; cultural and territorial regeneration; community-led entrepreneurial initiatives; cultural and social sustainability
Interests: high-tech and academic entrepreneurship; technology transfer and innovation; entrepreneurial ecosystems; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship education and policy
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2. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Interests: interdisciplinary research; complex systems analysis; data-driven modeling; methodological cross-fertilization; sustainability-oriented research collaboration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable entrepreneurship has become a critical driver of innovation, territorial development, and socioenvironmental transformation. However, the literature remains fragmented, mostly focusing on the environmental, economic, or social dimensions, while the cultural pillar and the interactions among all four pillars are often overlooked. At the same time, the rapid diffusion of digital technologies, data-driven processes, artificial intelligence, and platform-based models is reshaping how entrepreneurs create, scale, and sustain impact.
This Special Issue aims to collate cutting-edge research investigating how entrepreneurial initiatives generate sustainability impacts across multiple dimensions simultaneously, and how tradeoffs, synergies, and coevolution dynamics emerge in different territorial, organizational, and institutional contexts.
We welcome theoretical, empirical, methodological, and case-based contributions adopting interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches. Particular attention will be paid to (1) entrepreneurial ecosystems supporting sustainability transitions, (2) place-based and culturally embedded forms of entrepreneurship, (3) circular economy and eco-design strategies, (4) social innovation and community-driven initiatives, and (5) methodological advances for assessing multi-pillar sustainability.
This Special Issue aims to advance the conceptualization and measurement of sustainable entrepreneurship by integrating cultural dynamics and explicitly addressing the “intersectionality” of sustainability pillars.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maria Palazzo
Dr. Giusy Sica
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Micozzi
Dr. Chiara Spiniello
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- entrepreneurial ecosystems
- sustainability transitions
- circular economy
- eco-design
- social innovation
- sustainability
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