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Leadership in Leveraging Carbon Finance to Empower Green Startups and Drive Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This conceptual paper explores how leadership enables green startups to effectively leverage carbon finance mechanisms and advance sustainable entrepreneurship. Anchored in illustrative case analysis, the study identifies key leadership behaviors that facilitate engagement with emissions trading systems, carbon credit markets, and green bond financing. By examining how leadership influences organizational strategy, resource acquisition, and external positioning, the paper highlights the pivotal role of leadership in overcoming institutional and financial barriers to low-carbon innovation. The resulting propositions offer a foundation for future empirical research and contribute to the broader understanding of leadership's role in shaping entrepreneurial outcomes within emerging sustainability-oriented financial ecosystems.

Source: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

DOI: 10.6007/ijarbss/v15-i12/27270

Authors: Ruofan Li, Mohd. Effandi Yusoff

Institution: University of Technology Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4417523665