An entrepreneur’s mindset and the firm readiness for adopting a long-term sustainable business strategy

Laura Salciuviene, Claudio De Mattos

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBritish Academy of Management 2021 conference
PublisherBritish Academy of Management
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780995641341
Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2021
Event35th Conference and 2nd BAM Conference in the Cloud - Virtual
Duration: 31 Aug 20213 Sept 2021

Conference

Conference35th Conference and 2nd BAM Conference in the Cloud
Abbreviated titleBAM2021
Period31/08/213/09/21

Keywords

  • mindset
  • long-term sustainability strategy
  • levels of higher education

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