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TY - GEN
T1 - An entrepreneur’s mindset and the firm readiness for adopting a long-term sustainable business strategy
AU - Salciuviene, Laura
AU - De Mattos, Claudio
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Earlier studies have investigated the impact of managerial/entrepreneurial characteristics on general strategic issues in the context of small and medium-sized companies. However, the manager/entrepreneur’s mindset in designing and implementing sustainable business strategies in the context of social enterprises has not been addressed. In particular, the link between characteristics of the manager/entrepreneur at the individual level and the implementation of business sustainability dimensions at the firm level remains under-researched. We advance theory into this area by theorising how personal characteristics might influence the social enterprise manager readiness for the long-term sustainable business through mediating construct such as mindset. We find that if an entrepreneur has a pragmatic mindset, the readiness of the social enterprise for the long-term sustainability strategy will be higher.
AB - Earlier studies have investigated the impact of managerial/entrepreneurial characteristics on general strategic issues in the context of small and medium-sized companies. However, the manager/entrepreneur’s mindset in designing and implementing sustainable business strategies in the context of social enterprises has not been addressed. In particular, the link between characteristics of the manager/entrepreneur at the individual level and the implementation of business sustainability dimensions at the firm level remains under-researched. We advance theory into this area by theorising how personal characteristics might influence the social enterprise manager readiness for the long-term sustainable business through mediating construct such as mindset. We find that if an entrepreneur has a pragmatic mindset, the readiness of the social enterprise for the long-term sustainability strategy will be higher.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
BT - BAM 2021 Conference Proceedings
T2 - British Academy of Management (BAM) 2021 Conference
Y2 - 31 August 2021 through 3 September 2021
ER -