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Type: | Report |
Title: | What it means to be green : an examination of early stage environmental and sustainability focused firms |
Author: | Gordon, S.R. Davidsson, P. Senyard, J.M. |
Publisher: | Queensland University of Technology |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Series/Report no.: | Business Creation in Australia, Paper #4 |
ISBN: | 9781921897887 |
Assignee: | Department of Industry |
Statement of Responsibility: | Scott R. Gordon, Per Davidsson, Julienne Senyard |
Abstract: | This paper examines ‘green’ entrepreneurial nascent and young firms in Australia. Findings of interest in this paper include: ? Green entrepreneurs are more likely to be highly educated and have an extended depth of experience within their industry and are more likely to have started a business prior to their current venture. ? Green entrepreneurs exhibit increased levels of innovation, with an increased focus on new & high technology, R&D and the development of proprietary technology. ? Green entrepreneurs are most likely to be based upon a product rather than a service and have a higher emphasis upon growth when compared with non-green entrepreneurs. ? Green entrepreneurial firms tend to have a longer venture creation process and draw financial resources from a larger number of sources and rely more upon equity as a means of financing their venture. |
Keywords: | Entrepreneurship; Nascent Entrepreneurship; Business Start-Up; New Venture Creation; Business Creation in Australia; Australian Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneur Statistics; Green Entrepreneurship; Environmental Enterprise; Sustainability; Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence; CAUSEE; Per Davidsson; Scott Gordon |
Rights: | © 2013 Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research |
Published version: | http://eprints.qut.edu.au/62934/ |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation, and Innovation Centre publications |
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