Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2021
Abstract
We explore how digital technologies are helping address grand challenges to tackle climate change and promote sustainable development. With digital technologies, entrepreneurial organizations have adopted innovative approaches to tackle seemingly intractable societal challenges. We refer to these broadly as digital sustainability activities. By focusing on the digital toolbox employed by pioneering organizations, we propose a research agenda that generates novel questions for entrepreneurship, business models, and ecosystems as well as new ways of thinking about trust and institutional logics. We believe that digital sustainability can spur empirical advances in entrepreneurship, innovation, and strategy with potential for positive impact on society.
Keywords
business models, sustainable, technology and innovation management
Discipline
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Volume
45
Issue
5
First Page
999
Last Page
1027
ISSN
1042-2587
Identifier
10.1177/1042258719899425
Publisher
SAGE
Citation
GEORGE, Gerard; MERRILL, Ryan K.; and SCHILLEBEECKX, Simon J. D..
Digital sustainability and entrepreneurship: How digital innovations are helping tackle climate change and sustainable development. (2021). Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 45, (5), 999-1027.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6511
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719899425
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