When can a green entrepreneur manage the local environment?

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:183

Article

Brandt, Urs Steiner¹  Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard² 

[1] Univ Southern Denmark, Dept Environm & Business Econ, Niels Bohrs Vej 9, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

[2] Aarhus Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Bartholins Alle 7, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

关键词: Local environmental management;    Profits;    Communication;    Persuasion;    Trustworthiness;    Entrepreneurship;    Sustainability;    Samso;    Denmark;    Renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.007

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

How do we deal with environmental management issues at the local level? Traditionally, the approach proposed from an environmental management perspective has involved various kinds of top-down regulatory measures, such as defining a standard that must be satisfied or a tax on pollution. Conversely, there has been less focus on the analysis of local, bottom-up approaches, as for example the effectiveness of various ways of organizing a local environmental transition process. Our focus is on analyzing of under what conditions it is possible for a green entrepreneur (GE) to manage a transition from brown to green energy? Theoretically, we consider four entrepreneurial skills, at least two of which must be present for the GE to succeed. In the case of the Danish island of Samso and its rapid introduction of renewable energy, three of these skills are found to be present: profits, communication, and trustworthiness. The GE, however, failed to activate the fourth skill concerning the ability to persuade local non green actors regarding the value of the green component. Thus, a main result is that it is crucial to convince non-green locals about the profitability of local environmental management rather than its potentially green components. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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