Maître de conférences à l’Ecole des Mines de Nantes, laboratoire LEMNA École des Mines de Nantes, 4, rue Alfred Kastler, BP 20722, F-44307 NANTES Cedex 3
Keywords:
Competences, sustainable development (SD), responsible entrepreneur, ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR)Abstract
This research is based on a literature review and proposes a theoretical framework to define the specific competences of responsible entrepreneurs. It builds a matrix based on two criteria. The former identifies three stages in the entrepreneurial process: (1) project build-up; (2) creation of the organisation; (3) development of the enterprise. The latter identifies four dimensions of competences: cognitive, relational (ou behavioral), functional (or operational) and meta-competences. The article synthesises various elements of knowledge borrowed from several disciplinary fields in order to interrelate them in a dynamic perspective centred on responsible entrepreneurs. It identifies 12 clusters of competences (depending on the stage of the entrepreneurial process) which are likely to help ethically-driven entrepreneurs to implement and carry out their projects
