Challenges of university entrepreneurship in Mexico ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals
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university entrepreneurship, sustainable development goals, sustainabilityAbstract
University entrepreneurship emerges as a strategy for economic and social development, which sets a path to boost job creation, innovation and sustainable economic growth. The challenges that sustainability implies, embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), symbolize areas of opportunity for entrepreneurs. The article identifies the challenges of university entrepreneurship against the SDGs. For this, first a review of the literature on entrepreneurship is made, entrepreneurship in Mexico is characterized and finally it is analyzed how the SDGs represent opportunities for entrepreneurs. The findings identify the link between entrepreneurship opportunity as a solution to climate change and environmental degradation, as well as the role that universities should play in this process.Article Metrics
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