In this chapter we offer an evidence-based framework that illustrates how external drivers provide imperatives for a firm’s strategic management approach to sustainability, and how a firm can respond to external drivers by incorporating sustainability into its internal strategic management...

Purpose – Although founders of start-up ventures seem to hold similar views about ethical, social, and environmental principles as those in large firms, entrepreneurs tend to be focussed on their immediate stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, and investors. The purpose of...