Entrepreneurship as a factor of sustainable development

Tekavčič, Metka (author), Kunšek, Mojca (author), Miklič, Barbara (author)

In today's business environment, entrepreneurship should be closely related to sustainability. Entrepreneurship is becoming a key factor in sustainable development. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the relation between entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Methodologically, the research approach relies on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which was carried out through a survey of the adult population and experts in the international environment. The results of the GEM survey show that Slovenian entrepreneurs predominantly consider social consequences when making business decisions, but perceive below-average support from government po- licies and extremely weak entrepreneurial literacy among young people. Business consultants, therefore, recommend faster adoption of tax and financial policies, and of more competitive business policies, as well as the introduction of entrepreneurship and creativity into the education system.

• Language: English
• Keywords: entrepreneurship, business efficiency, sustainable development
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: Str. 20-40
• Numbering: Br. 60
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-181233
• UDC: 658
• ISSN on article: 2217-6217
• DOI: 10.54318/eip.2025.mt.386
• COBISS.SI-ID: 270188547

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 27.03.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Ekonomske ideje i praksa : kvartalni časopis iz oblasti ekonomije, poslovne ekonomije i menadžmenta, statistike i poslovne informatike
• Publisher: Centar za izdavačku delatnost Ekonomskog fakulteta
• ISSN: 2217-6217
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512729148

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Preduzetništvo kao faktor održivog razvoja
• Keywords: podjetništvo, uspešnost poslovanja, trajnostni razvoj

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0441
• Name: Regeneracija ekonomije in posla