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    Entrepreneurship and sustainable development is an important topic, especially regarding energy consumption and long-term economic and social development. Governments worldwide have implemented regulations and programs to promote sustainable development, creating new market opportunities for entrepreneurs. As societies adopt sustainable development concepts, the demand for relevant products and services will likely increase in the next decade. Entrepreneurs can embrace this by developing new offerings that consider sustainability. Northern European examples can illustrate entrepreneurial activities in sustainable businesses.

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    Entrepreneurship and sustainable development is an important topic, especially regarding energy consumption and long-term economic and social development. Governments worldwide have implemented regulations and programs to promote sustainable development, creating new market opportunities for entrepreneurs. As societies adopt sustainable development concepts, the demand for relevant products and services will likely increase in the next decade. Entrepreneurs can embrace this by developing new offerings that consider sustainability. Northern European examples can illustrate entrepreneurial activities in sustainable businesses.

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    Entrepreneurship and sustainable development is an important topic, especially regarding energy consumption and long-term economic and social development. Governments worldwide have implemented regulations and programs to promote sustainable development, creating new market opportunities for entrepreneurs. As societies adopt sustainable development concepts, the demand for relevant products and services will likely increase in the next decade. Entrepreneurs can embrace this by developing new offerings that consider sustainability. Northern European examples can illustrate entrepreneurial activities in sustainable businesses.

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    Subject description

    Subject title:

    Entrepreneurship and sustainable development

    Content:

    Sustainable development is a topic of current interest, especially in the debate on energy consumption.
    It represents not only ecological perspectives though; sustainable development is also about long
    lasting and sound development of economic and social areas of the society.

    Different actions that hold ideas on sustainable development have been taken by governments’ world
    wide during the recent years. One example is common regulations concerning carbon emission trade in
    the EU. Another is the United nations Environment program (UNEP) which is working on what has
    become known as a “New green deal“. Characteristic for these kinds of regulations and programs are a
    tendency of limiting existing markets, something that on the other hand create possibilities for
    entrepreneurs to discover and develop new markets.

    The demand for products and services within societies implementing the ideas and concepts of
    sustainable development will most likely increase in large scale during the next decade. But how may
    entrepreneurs implement ideas of sustainable development in their businesses? One concrete way is to
    develop new products and services that take into account the critical conditions of a sustainable
    development business environment. This environment is a window of opportunity for those
    entrepreneurs who embrace it.

    Learning objectives:

     Provide examples of entrepreneurial activities in the Northern Europe region within sustainable
    development businesses
     Describe conditions specific for entrepreneurial activities within sustainable development
    businesses

    Working methods:
    Literature research and research of other sources; discussions within the student group; during their
    presentation they should use practical examples and exercises involving the audience.

    Literature/Other Sources:

    Broekhoff D, Zyla K (2008) Outside The Cap: Opportunities and Limitations of Greenhouse Gas
    Offsets, Available online: http://www.wri.org/publication/outside-the-cap
    Heilmayr R, HouserT, M Shashank (2009) A Green Global Recovery? Assessing U.S. Economic Stimulus
    and Prospects for International Coordination, Available online: http://www.wri.org/publication/green-
    global-recovery

    Nef (2008) UK needs ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’ of credit, oil price and climate crises,
    Available online: http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/greennewdealneededforuk210708.aspx, published
    21/07/08

    The Stern report. (2009) Available at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/stern_review_report.htm

    Time magazine (2009) Denmark's Wind of Change, Available at:


    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1881646,00.html , published 25/02/09

    Contact information of supervisor:


    Assistant professor Mathias Cöster

    Gotland university

    [email protected]

    Expected outcomes:

     Group report = 10-15 pages (one page approx. 2600 characters incl. spaces)
     Presentation = 5 minutes/student for each presentation (all group member ought to present)

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