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Bridging aspiration and experience: Contrasting entrepreneurial aspirations and real-world experience through a semiotic method 连接愿望和经验：通过符号学方法对比创业愿望和现实世界的经验

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100113

Raquel Sastre , Alba Yela Aránega , María Teresa del Val Núñez

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Analysis of European positioning on environmental sustainability: A review 欧洲对环境可持续性的定位分析

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100112

V. Sanz-Torro , C. Calafat-Marzal , J.M. Guaita-Martinez , V. Vega

{"title":"Analysis of European positioning on environmental sustainability: A review","authors":"V. Sanz-Torro , C. Calafat-Marzal , J.M. Guaita-Martinez , V. Vega","doi":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100112","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extreme weather events are becoming more common, reflecting the rapid advance of climate change, which is primarily caused by human activity. Whereas some effects are irreversible, others can be mitigated through actions that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and thus limit global warming. In recent years, academia has been actively engaged in addressing this situation, as reflected in the volume of related scientific output. In this context, the objective of this research is to conduct a literature review of studies on environmental sustainability in the European Union (EU) published in the decade 2015–2024. The choice of the geographical scope of the study is based on the EU's strong commitment to climate neutrality. In order to identify the possible gaps in the literature and extract the main research directions, the PRISMA protocol is used together with an Rstudio library called bibliometrix. The results reveal an exponential growth in studies published in high-impact scientific journals, and a notable prevalence of international co-authorship. The analysis identifies three main lines of research. The first focuses on the structural foundations of sustainability, including circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and eco-innovation. The second addresses environmental policies promoted by the European Union and stands out as the most influential in terms of academic impact. The third explores energy efficiency in crisis contexts, with particular attention to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Energy transition, circular economy, and the pursuit of efficiency and productivity are among the most studied topics within the scientific community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101202,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144239770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using sustainable technology to drive efficiency: Artificial intelligence as an information broker for advancing airline operations management 利用可持续技术提高效率：人工智能作为推进航空公司运营管理的信息中介

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100111

Alexander M. Geske , David M. Herold , Sebastian Kummer

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Social entrepreneurship and sustainable technologies: Impact on communities, social innovation, and inclusive development 社会企业家精神和可持续技术：对社区的影响、社会创新和包容性发展

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100110

Raghu Raman , T.A. Alka , M. Suresh , Prema Nedungadi

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The role of Neobanks and FinTech in sustainable finance and technology. The customer/user perspective for entrepreneurs 新银行和金融科技在可持续金融和技术中的作用。企业家的客户/用户视角

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-04-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100109

Pedro R. Palos-Sanchez , Raúl J. Chang-Tam , José A. Folgado-Fernández

{"title":"The role of Neobanks and FinTech in sustainable finance and technology. The customer/user perspective for entrepreneurs","authors":"Pedro R. Palos-Sanchez , Raúl J. Chang-Tam , José A. Folgado-Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of neobanks is considered a change in the current banking model and has caused a change in consumer expectations regarding their financial experience and sustainable technology. This research analyzes users feelings, words and opinions about neobanks, and determines the critical factors of these financial consumers. The objective of this research is to analyze how technology app in the banking sector has affected the consumer experience. The emergence of FinTech and neobanks has altered the traditional banking market worldwide, with new exclusively digital financial operators in full expansion. A sample of all online reviews (<em>n</em> = 56,474) published in Google Play of three FinTech apps N26, Revolut, and Wise selected from and Sensor Tower. It’s were analyzed using text mining, particularly sentiment analysis and topic modelling (LDA). Exactly, the reviews were scraped in during one weeks from January 2024.</div><div>The results of our analysis reveal that neobanks are working exponentially among the young public, while older users still have barriers to their usability, such as cybersecurity or the limited generation of trust.</div><div>This work contributes to the existing academic literature on FinTech and neobanks with a validated method of measuring customer experience. This work contributes to practical implications, understanding the transformation of banking through fintech and neobanks, with a focus on customer experience and sentiment analysis. Additionally, the theoretical implications of the manuscript align existing literature on the importance of technology and customer-centric approaches, but offer nuanced insights into the specific factors driving customer adoption and the challenges faced by neobanks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101202,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143906375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Building trust in sustainable brands: Revisiting perceived value, satisfaction, customer service, and brand image 建立对可持续品牌的信任：重新审视感知价值、满意度、客户服务和品牌形象

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100105

Abel Monfort , Belén López-Vázquez , Ana Sebastián-Morillas

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Do ethical issues influence the interest of young people in using artificial intelligence? An integrated application of qualitative comparative analysis 伦理问题是否影响了年轻人使用人工智能的兴趣？定性比较分析的综合应用

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100108

Cayetano Medina-Molina , Noemí Pérez-Macías , Sierra Rey-Tienda , María Eugenia López-Sanz

{"title":"Do ethical issues influence the interest of young people in using artificial intelligence? An integrated application of qualitative comparative analysis","authors":"Cayetano Medina-Molina , Noemí Pérez-Macías , Sierra Rey-Tienda , María Eugenia López-Sanz","doi":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-related services offers a broad range of potential benefits and threats for both organizations and consumers. However, realizing these benefits requires consumer acceptance of such technologies, often leading to considerable resistance, including users’ paradoxical attitudes. This study examines the conditions that explain both the interest in using AI systems in daily life and the negation of such interest. To this end, it develops a model that integrates several technology paradoxes with consumer satisfaction and trust in AI. Using an integrated qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), this study analyzes a dataset of 2809 Spanish Internet users from Generations Z and Millennials. The findings confirm that the perception of AI as a life-enhancing tool, along with satisfaction and trust, are essential for generating interest in AI adoption. Conversely, the negation of these paradoxes, combined with other factors or their negations, influences the lack of interest. Additionally, the results underscore the potential of an integrated approach to large-N QCA analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101202,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The moderating effect of power distance on the relationship between CEO career horizon and ESG performance 权力距离对首席执行官职业前景与环境、社会和公司治理绩效之间关系的调节作用

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100107

Lúcia Ferreira, Pedro Torres, Mário Augusto

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The effect of effectuation on entrepreneurial intention: The moderating roles of openness and extraversion 绩效对创业意向的影响：开放性和外向性的调节作用

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100106

Shuwei Wang, Atthaphon Mumi, Achariya Issarapaibool

{"title":"The effect of effectuation on entrepreneurial intention: The moderating roles of openness and extraversion","authors":"Shuwei Wang, Atthaphon Mumi, Achariya Issarapaibool","doi":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Entrepreneurial intention represents a critical initial stage in the entrepreneurial process, particularly in the context of sustainable entrepreneurship. While extensive research has examined the factors contributing to the formation of entrepreneurial intention, there remains a lack of consensus in the literature on the key drivers. This study investigates the impact of effectuation on entrepreneurial intention using a sample of 582 college students in China. We approached this investigation through the application of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), a method adept at capturing the nuanced relationships between latent constructs within the complex entrepreneurial context. The findings from PLS-SEM reveal that effectuation significantly enhances entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, personality traits, specifically openness and extraversion, are shown to positively moderate the relationship between effectuation and entrepreneurial intention. This research offers theoretical contributions by highlighting the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions of entrepreneurial intention, and broadens the scope of effectuation research. It also provides practical implications that emphasize the importance of cultivating effectual thinking and entrepreneurial intention to address challenges in sustainable technology and entrepreneurship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101202,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143767510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Value creation and capture from sustainability-oriented innovations in a shared semiconductor infrastructure 共享半导体基础设施中以可持续性为导向的创新的价值创造和获取

Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.stae.2025.100104

Piia Konstari , Katri Valkokari

{"title":"Value creation and capture from sustainability-oriented innovations in a shared semiconductor infrastructure","authors":"Piia Konstari , Katri Valkokari","doi":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.stae.2025.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A shared semiconductor research infrastructure can be studied as a local innovation ecosystem consisting of an infrastructure-operating company and user companies. This study focuses on investigating the forms of sustainable value that such infrastructure provides for its users, as well as value creation and capture from sustainability-oriented innovation activities in a shared infrastructure. The research was conducted as a qualitative multiple-case study in a Finnish semiconductor innovation ecosystem at the end of 2023. It shows that the shared infrastructure provided users with environmental, social, and economic forms of sustainable value. The study also provides evidence that value creation from sustainability-oriented innovations takes place at three levels—operational, organizational, and system—in a shared infrastructure. The value is then captured through an increase in company value, user company business growth, and business expansion through open innovation, consumption data availability, best practice dissemination, and knowledge development, as well as new entrepreneurial opportunities by the infrastructure-operating company. This study contributes to the discussion and understanding of value creation and capture from sustainability-oriented innovations in the semiconductor industry. The results can be used by entrepreneurs, decision-makers, and management to understand how they can capture value from sustainability-oriented actions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101202,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship","volume":"4 2","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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