Sustainability impact assessment of new ventures: An emerging field of research

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135452
• Publication Date: 2022-11-30T20:52:45Z
• Authors: Klaus Fichter; Florian Lüdeke-Fr...; Stefan Schaltegger; Simon J.D. Schill...
• Keywords: Empirical Research; New Ventures

Entrepreneurs and start-ups are key actors in implementing environmental innovation accelerating sustainability transitions. Thus, analyzing as well predicting the impact of entrepreneurial ventures is central to management entrepreneurship research. The performance, value incumbent firms their products services has been a topic business-related research for many years. However, assessing effects new such neglected area literature. This article therefore provides an overview, including definitions, conceptual framework, notions that can help guide inspire future agenda. In this way, it also serves introductory Journal Cleaner Production's special issue ‘Assessing forecasting ventures: Theories, methods, empirical evidence’.