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Sustainable Entrepreneurship during Economic Uncertainty

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 October 2024 | Viewed by 883

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Department of Management and Engineering (IEI), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Interests: sustainable smart manufacturing; product service innovation; decision support system; competitive advantage; control system; autonomous robot; signal processing; pattern recognition

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School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: entrepreneurial management; innovation risk management; entrepreneurship and innovation policies
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Dear Colleagues,

The global economy has always influenced the trends and choices of entrepreneurship. Simultaneously, entrepreneurship is also an important driving force behind rapid economic development. However, in the face of the "dual transformation" of the economic system and the increasingly complex business environment, entrepreneurs face new challenges in an ever-changing environment, and the question of how enterprises can generate and enhance entrepreneurial capabilities to achieve sustainable success is of great significance. We are pleased to invite you to conduct an in-depth study of the area. This Special Issue is dedicated to the study of sustainable entrepreneurship during economic uncertainty. We focus on how entrepreneurs can overcome the risks posed by changes in the economic environment and achieve high-quality sustainable entrepreneurship. As a journal that provides academic consultation and industrial guidance, we are interested in academic research into entrepreneurship in macro and micro aspects, especially research results and development directions in technical economics and management that integrate sustainable development, global economic integration, and technology, economics and management.

In this Special Issue, we welcome both original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

  • entrepreneurial management of the circular economy;
  • sustainable entrepreneurship and regional development;
  • risk management of enterprises in an uncertain economy and so on.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Yang Liu
Prof. Dr. Huatao Peng
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • entrepreneurship
  • economic uncertainty
  • risk and financial management

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The Influence Mechanism of Online Social Network Relationships on Sustainable Entrepreneurial Success
by Xianhuan Chen, Yiming Ma and Yuguang Xie
Sustainability 2024, 16(9), 3755; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093755 - 30 Apr 2024
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Abstract
Affected by economic uncertainty, the success rate of sustainable entrepreneurship is not optimistic at present. Effectively improving the success rate of sustainable entrepreneurship is of great significance for ensuring and maintaining sustainable development for long-term socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. Based on social network [...] Read more.
Affected by economic uncertainty, the success rate of sustainable entrepreneurship is not optimistic at present. Effectively improving the success rate of sustainable entrepreneurship is of great significance for ensuring and maintaining sustainable development for long-term socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. Based on social network theory, entrepreneurial capital theory, psychological capital theory, and the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship, this study explores the influence mechanism of online social network relationships on sustainable entrepreneurial success from the perspective of those relationships, dividing entrepreneurs’ abilities into an online relationship-building ability and online relationship coordination ability. We used an empirical study with 346 valid questionnaires. The results of a PLS-SEM analysis show that online social network relationships have a significant impact on sustainable entrepreneurial capital, in which online relationship-building capacity has a similar impact on both sustainable entrepreneurial resource integration and acquisition; online relationship-building capacity can positively affect both transactional and interpersonal psychological capital; sustainable entrepreneurial resource integration can be more effective than resource acquisition in promoting sustainable entrepreneurial success through the use of social media; and transactional psychological capital has a more significant impact on sustainable entrepreneurial success than does interpersonal psychological capital. This study provides new insights into how entrepreneurs can fully utilize their online social network relationships to achieve entrepreneurial success. Full article
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