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Non-Profit or For-Benefit? An Experimental Approach to the Link of Altruism and Sustainability Orientation on Hybrid Ventures

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Entrepreneurship for sustainable development can be defined following Katsikis and Kyrgidou (2008) as the “teleological process aiming at the achievement of sustainable development, by discovering, evaluating and exploiting opportunities and creating value that produces economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental protection.” Child (2015) describes for-profit social enterprises similarly.

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Doluca, H., Wagner, M. (2017). Non-Profit or For-Benefit? An Experimental Approach to the Link of Altruism and Sustainability Orientation on Hybrid Ventures. In: Theuvsen, L., Andeßner, R., Gmür, M., Greiling, D. (eds) Nonprofit-Organisationen und Nachhaltigkeit. NPO-Management. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18706-4_15

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