Thomas B. Long
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The Dynamics of Embeddedness on Sustainable Entrepreneurship Within Protected Areas: Bi-Directionality, Re-Embeddedness, and Dis-Embeddedness for Enhanced Sustainability Outcomes Open
Our study explores how embeddedness influences the sustainability outcomes of entrepreneurship in a European protected area. Protected areas have distinct spatial and social characteristics, and we investigate how sustainable entrepreneurs…
Sustainable entrepreneurship support programs in nature‐protected areas: How universities third mission aids sustainability transitions Open
This research examines the role of universities in supporting sustainability transitions in the context of nature‐protected areas through the leveraging of sustainable entrepreneurship. Universities are legitimate agents of change embedded…
The challenges that remain: The role of innovation intermediary‐led training in implementing circular business models Open
Circular business model innovation is critical in the transition to the circular economy, often requiring businesses to undergo significant internal changes. One intervention to better support businesses in this process is circularity trai…
4 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education Open
This chapter will give a state-of-the-art and integrated understanding of sustainable entrepreneurship education. It will examine its main components including competences, attitude, teaching approaches, the university ecosystem and assess…
12 Climate-Smart Agriculture Diffusion within Smallholder Agriculture Context: The Role of Business Models of Sustainable Entrepreneurs Open
Climate-smart agriculture technological innovations (CSATIs) provide needed benefits within base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) contexts, where smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate change. Yet, the diffusion of CSATIs is slowed by a range o…
13 Sustainable Entrepreneurial Storytelling in the Caribbean: Digital Storytelling to Empower Trinidad and Tobago’s Cocoa Sector Open
Storytelling is essential to humankind, while globalisation and technological advancements are enabling the combining of both oral storytelling techniques and modern technologies, creating the medium of 'digital story telling'. In this cha…
The conceptual evolution of responsible research and innovation in China: a systematic literature review Open
Within the contemporary global economy, research and innovation are just as likely to come from non-western economic and political powers, such as China, as from western powers more traditionally associated with research and innovation pro…
Sustainable entrepreneurship and legitimacy building in protected areas: Overcoming distinctive barriers through activism Open
Sustainable entrepreneurs operating in protected areas face distinctive barriers that place additional emphasis on the need to build legitimacy. To date, how they do this has not been entirely explored. This paper addresses this need throu…
Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Collegiate Aviation Programs Open
Critical thinking requires an individual to gather and interpret data, develop conclusions based upon relevant findings, and implement the best solution.The dynamic aviation industry requires these skills of its pilots, maintainers, and ma…
Niche level investment challenges for European Green Deal financing in Europe: lessons from and for the agri-food climate transition Open
Green New Deal (GND) policies are proposed to tackle the climate emergency. These policies focus on driving climate innovation through unprecedented financial policy levers. However, while the macro-level financing dynamics are clear, the …
Innovating for sustainability through collaborative innovation contests Open
Innovation contests are increasingly used by businesses as an instrument for open innovation to address sustainability related questions. However, according to the open innovation literature, one of the main pitfalls of this approach can b…
Identity reflexivity: a framework of heuristics for strategy change in hybrid organizations Open
Purpose The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between (dual) organizational identity and individual heuristics – simple rules and biases – in the process of strategy change. This paper offers a theory on identity refl…
Enhancing the adoption of climate-smart technologies using public-private partnerships: lessons from the WEMA case in South Africa Open
Climate-smart agricultural technological innovations have the potential to reduce climate change impacts on agriculture. Due to several barriers, their current rate of adoption and diffusion is low. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have …
Circular strategies for social housing associations: Lessons from a Dutch case Open
The aim of this research is to explore how social housing associations can introduce circular strategies and integrate social elements, next to ecological elements, within these strategies. In order to investigate this aim, this paper firs…
Barriers for sustainable entrepreneurship in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site: An exploratory study Open
To better grasp of the current situation in these nature areas, the project partners have compiled a report of what hinders small and medium-sized entreprises (SMEs) to shift to more sustainable solutions.
Responsible management of innovation in business Open
This chapter explores the concept and practice of responsible management of innovation. Responsible innovation is a key response to the grand challenges faced by society, helping to develop innovations with society in mind, and limit any u…
Legal Mechanisms for Mitigating Flood Impacts in Texas Coastal Communities Open
Flooding is a major source of concern for Texas’ coastal communities. It affects the quality of infrastructure, the lives of citizens, and the ecological systems upon which coastal communities in Texas rely. To plan for and mitigate the im…
The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises Open
Innovation leads to new products, business models and even changes to socio-economic systems. However, it is important that innovation has the ‘right impacts’. Responsible innovation can help to achieve this; however, it is unclear how to …
Extraction of Zinc from Airport Stormwater Runoff using Oyster Shells Open
Zinc (Zn) in stormwater runoff have been found to be highly toxic to aquatic ecosystems.A pilot program was evaluated for the removal of Zn levels from stormwater runoff at a west coast airport facility showing high levels of Zn runoff in …
Demand and experiences with financial products and services in climate smart villages Open
This study ‘Demand for and experiences with financial products and services’ describes and discusses the results of a survey to provide a first insight into the financial services that the smallholder farmers from climate smart villages us…