Special Issue: Sustainability in Entrepreneurship and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Guest Editors

Elli Verhulst, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - elli.verhulst@ntnu.no
Lise Aaboen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - lise.aaboen@ntnu.no
Simon Jebsen, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) - simonf@sam.sdu.dk

Submission deadline: 31 August 2022

Themes

This special issue provides a forum for presenting and discussing both empirical and conceptual research that focuses on sustainability in entrepreneurship and SMEs. We encourage papers inquiring the following themes (but not limited to):

• Interdisciplinary collaboration for sustainability
  • Co-creation for sustainability
  • Moral and ethical issues in interdisciplinary teamwork for sustainability
  • Virtual teamwork
  • Sustainability in SME networks
  • Entrepreneurial ecosystem for sustainability
• Learning for sustainability
  • Sustainability in entrepreneurship education
  • Competences for sustainable entrepreneurship
  • Collaborative and project-based learning for sustainability
  • Learning philosophies and pedagogical theories that support sustainability
  • Curricular and extra-curricular sustainability initiatives in entrepreneurial universities
• The integration of sustainability in entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Methods for sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Sustainability practices in SMEs and their internal and external drivers
  • The Nordic approach towards sustainability
  • The transition from traditional to sustainable business models
  • Socially sustainable work practices for learning, innovation, and well-being

Read the complete call here

This call for papers is related to a special track at the Nordic Conference on Small Business Research (NCSB) and a sub-theme at the Interdisciplinary Teamwork Skills for the 21st Century conference.