Abstract
This chapter aims to discuss the significance of sustainable entrepreneurship to the wellbeing of future generations. Future generations are timeless entities with intertemporal characteristics. The chapter is based on theoretical contributions with respect to intergenerational justice, intergenerational democracy and addressing future generations using present legal rights. Thus, sustainability in entrepreneurship is explained from an intergenerational perspective with a focus on its normative character in a socio-economic context. The chapter also contemplates whether justice or democracy should prevail in relation to future generations. The understanding of sustainability in relation to future generations and its refinement to address planetary boundaries, wellbeing and human needs is discussed and is linked to sustainable entrepreneurship and to the creation of entrepreneurial opportunities which detract from this new understanding of sustainability and the voice of future generations. In this chapter, enterprises and organizations are viewed as transgenerational communities for future generations. The findings of the research bring a new understanding of the literature regarding sustainable entrepreneurship and future generations whereas the chapter develops novel ideas about tangible and intangible needs of the communities for future generations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Radical business perspectives for sustainability transitions |
| Editors | Nicolas Chevrollier, Aikaterini Argyrou, Ronald Jeurissen |
| Place of Publication | Cheltenham |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 164-193 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781035308026 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781035308019 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2025 |
Keywords
- future generations
- Sustainable entrepreneurship
- transgenerational communities
- intergenerational justice
- legal rights