Adel Ben Youssef|Sabri Boubaker|Anis Omri
Entrepreneurship and sustainability: The need for innovative and institutional solutions
Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier|Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Nabeul
role innovation institutional quality achieving sustainability important issues tackled current sustainable development debates particularly developing countries using modified environmental kuznets curve model present study improves understanding critical roles innovation institutional quality entrepreneurship structural change toward sustainable future africa empirical results show formal informal entrepreneurship conducive reduced environmental quality sustainability 17 african countries however informal entrepreneurship contributes formal entrepreneurship environmental degradation relationship entrepreneurship sustainable development turns strongly positive presence high levels innovation institutional quality study contributes emerging research strand clarifying conditions allow african countries move toward sustainable economies results highlight important roles played innovation institutions achieving sustainability africa