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ARTICLE · 14 SEPTEMBER 2016

Can Sustainable Entrepreneurship Act As An Engine For Sustainable Development?

It makes sustainability a part of its mission, integrating it with all its business operations and corporate management.

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"The Sustainable Entrepreneur generally focuses on the root sustainable added value rather thanhow the economic return is yielded. Accordingly sustainable entrepreneurship encompasses a wide range of entrepreneurship types from non-profit social entrepreneurship that aims to create social transformation to ones that develop sustainable business practices."

Dr. İzel Levi COŞKUN

Imagine a business that acts with an awareness of carrying out its duties in line with sustainable development principles. This business also pursues the shared interests of the whole system in addition to its own interests in the industry in which it operates. It knows what "stakeholder" means and also that a business belongs not to the board of directors and shareholders but to all stakeholders involved, notably the employees, supply-chain and the society. This awareness can be felt in all the decisions made by this business. It even views its competitors and future generations as

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