The sustainability impact of new ventures
Measuring and managing entrepreneurial contributions
to sustainable development
vorgelegt von
Master of Public Policy
Jannic Horne
Von der Fakultät VII – Wirtschaft und Management
der Technischen Universität Berlin
zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades
Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
– Dr. rer. oec. –
genehmigte Dissertation
Promotionsausschuss:
Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß
Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer
Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter
Tag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 12. April 2019
Berlin 2019
List of publications for the dissertation of Jannic Horne
At the time of submission all four articles are in preparation for submission and/or in the review
process.
ARTICLE 1: Lean Impact Measurement – Predicting the sustainability impact of
business model innovation in effectual ventures
Jannic Horne, Ingo Michelfelder, Malte Recker, Jason Jay, Jan Kratzer
• In preparation for submission
ARTICLE 2: Testing the practicality of ‘Lean Impact Measurement’ to evaluate the
sustainability impact of business models
Jannic Horne, Malte Recker, Ingo Michelfelder
• In preparation for submission
ARTICLE 3: Exploring entrepreneurship related to the Sustainable Development Goals
– Mapping new venture activities with semi-automated content analysis
Jannic Horne, Malte Recker, Ingo Michelfelder, Jason Jay, Jan Kratzer
• Submitted and under review in Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier)
ARTICLE 4: Modeling entrepreneurial opportunities for the rapid diffusion of
sustainable venture ideas
Jannic Horne
• In preparation for submission
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Author’s Preface / Forward
This dissertation has been inspired by the belief that progress in sustainable development is
possible and entrepreneurs can play an important role in it. This belief is not blind to the fact
that humanity is very close to creating irreversible damages to our ecosystem (Rockström et
al., 2009) and human societies face a wide range of severe challenges (General Assembly,
2015). On the contrary, this belief acknowledges the challenges ahead but argues that
entrepreneurial actions (ranging from sustainable entrepreneurs to sustainable intrapreneurs
and institutional entrepreneurs) are among the best opportunities to create meaningful change.
It is my hope that this dissertation contributes to a better understanding of of how entrepreneurs
can create this change and that it enables stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to
make decisions that create the largest benefits for sustainable development.
In this spirit I would like to quote Eric Ries (2011) the author of the famous Lean Startup
approach: “My hope all along was to find ways to eliminate the tremendous waste I saw all
around me: startups that built products nobody wanted, new products pulled from the
shelves, countless dreams unrealized ” (Ries, 2011: 6). Reformulating this statement in a
more positive way, I hope the insights from this dissertation can help to direct attention, time
and resources where they do most good for sustainable development.
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