Dynamics of sustainable entrepreneurship: A proposed 4s model
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2019
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The aim of this study is to research the dimensions of sustainable entrepreneurship in the industrial sector and to bring out the effects on sustainable development. For this purpose, activities of sustainable entrepreneurship of two firms operating in Turkey are examined. Considering the theoretical basis of the concept sustainable entrepreneurship and the practical studies on the subject, a new model called 4S has been developed involving economic, environmental, technological and social sustainability dimensions. In the study, multiple, exploratory and qualitative case study is preferred. Findings of the research show that firms’ accomplice a cost lowering production with a technology that increases source efficiency, and this increases both the firms’ competition force and profitability and fulfills the social and economic responsibilities. © 2019, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.