An explanatory study of MBA students with regards to sustainability and ethics commitment

(1) Background: The consequences of the recent economic crisis have shown the need for promoting certain key skills in future entrepreneurs to create enterprises that are capable of producing added value, generating employment and remaining solvent or growing in a competitive and highly volatile env...

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Authors: Buil-Fabregà, Marian, Aznar, Juan Pedro, Galiana Richart, Jorge, Rocafort Marco, Alba
Format: article
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:TecnoCampus
Repository:Repositori Digital del TecnoCampus
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.tecnocampus.cat:20.500.12367/2400
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12367/2400
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Entrepreneurship skills
Social commitment
Environmental commitment
Sustainability
Ethics
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Summary:(1) Background: The consequences of the recent economic crisis have shown the need for promoting certain key skills in future entrepreneurs to create enterprises that are capable of producing added value, generating employment and remaining solvent or growing in a competitive and highly volatile environment. Therefore, the issue is not simply a matter of creating more businesses, but rather, a model based on organizations with strong sustainable values in the long term. (2) Methods: The originality and new approach of this article is to establish, through an empirical approach, the link between the entrepreneurial skills and environmental and social commitment in times of crisis. [...]