From External Relational Resources to Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practices in Emerging Markets: The Ethical Role of Dynamic Capabilities

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Askun, D, Yazici, N, Aydin, E orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-2530-9058 and Bruna, MG (2026) From External Relational Resources to Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practices in Emerging Markets: The Ethical Role of Dynamic Capabilities. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. ISSN 2694-6416

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Abstract

This paper investigates how external relational resources, namely business and political ties, drive sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) practices in Turkish SMEs operating under institutional fragility. The study applies PLS-SEM to survey data from 257 employees of sustainability-engaged firms, based on their evaluations. Results show that both business and political ties significantly strengthen dynamic capabilities, which in turn predict four dimensions of sustainable entrepreneurship: employee-friendly, social-solidarity, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly practices. Inclusive leadership, however, does not moderate these relationships, revealing a boundary condition for leadership theory in network-dependent contexts. The study contributes to SE research by showing how dynamic capabilities connect external relational resources with sustainability-oriented practices in an institutionally fragile emerging-market context, while also highlighting the ethical implications of how these resources are used.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services; 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies; 5001 Applied Ethics; 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour; 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business
Divisions: Liverpool Business School
Publisher: Wiley
Date of acceptance: 9 October 2026
Date of first compliant Open Access: 2 November 2026
Date Deposited: 02 Nov 2026 14:13
Last Modified: 02 Nov 2026 14:13
DOI or ID number: 10.1111/beer.70160
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29793
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