Corporate Venturing in Sustainability Transition: Conceptual Framework

Diana Smite

2025

Abstract

Corporate venturing serves as a bridge between the innovative potential of startups and the scale and resources of established corporations. Corporate venturing has become an increasingly important mechanism for facilitating sustainability transitions, but its unique attributes in the sustainability context are yet to be adequately addressed. In response, this study seeks to fill this gap by proposing a conceptual framework that emerges from an integrative literature review and qualitative content analysis of 42 scholarly articles. The five primary themes that emerged as essential are innovation, ecosystems, partnerships/networks, transition/transformation, shared value creation, and new business models. The proposed framework contributes to the theoretical conversations around sustainable corporate venturing and offers practical insights for practitioners seeking to integrate corporate strategies with sustainability objectives. This study lays a foundation for future empirical and theoretical research by synthesizing fragmented perspectives and offering structured guidance.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Smite D. (2025). Corporate Venturing in Sustainability Transition: Conceptual Framework. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business - Volume 1: FEMIB; ISBN 978-989-758-748-1, SciTePress, pages 38-50. DOI: 10.5220/0013240000003956

in Bibtex Style

@conference{femib25,
author={Diana Smite},
title={Corporate Venturing in Sustainability Transition: Conceptual Framework},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business - Volume 1: FEMIB},
year={2025},
pages={38-50},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013240000003956},
isbn={978-989-758-748-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Finance, Economics, Management and IT Business - Volume 1: FEMIB
TI - Corporate Venturing in Sustainability Transition: Conceptual Framework
SN - 978-989-758-748-1
AU - Smite D.
PY - 2025
SP - 38
EP - 50
DO - 10.5220/0013240000003956
PB - SciTePress