Purpose: The literature considers the big five personality traits and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) to be important individual-level factors that determine entrepreneurial intention. However, little is known about the profiles of personal characteristics of individuals who express a high level of entrepreneurial intention. The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of personal characteristics that contribute to new business start-up intention. Design/methodology/approach: Using survey data from two samples, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was performed to extract patterns of personal characteristics (i.e. the big five personality traits and ESE) that impact entrepreneurial intention. Findings: The outcomes of the analyses demonstrate that a high level of entrepreneurial intention can be realized through multiple configurations of the big five personality traits and ESE. Practical implications: This paper can inform practice on entrepreneurship education. Specifically, the paper includes implications for the development of ESE, and for understanding multiple configurations of personal characteristics that lead to a high level of entrepreneurial intention. Originality/value: This paper addresses an identified need to understand how personal characteristics operate conjointly and among individuals.

Green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) is defined as organizations’ entrepreneurial efforts to integrate ecologically sustainable practices and values to undertake sustainable decisions and actions to improve their environmental performance. Though recent research has shown how important GEO is for attaining sustainability in a company setting, there is a limited understanding on the factors that determine GEO and how and when it affects a firm’s performance. Additionally, it draws attention to unexplored areas of the mediating and moderating factors that affect the connections between GEO and its outcomes. This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) of the GEO to synthesize empirical findings about how it is investigated in the literature during the period 2014–2024. The PRISMA method is used in this study to evaluate relevant GEO research, and SLR matrix utilized for analyzing the GEO literature in peer-reviewed English publications. A comprehensive evaluation of theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues pertaining to conceptual approaches, antecedents, dynamics, and results of GEO was conducted on 59 studies. This study contributes several findings to the entrepreneurship literature. These research findings give implications for both theory and practice. Within a theoretical framework, this study provides a comprehensive viewpoint on GEO research and creates novel insights for further research, enhancing the extant theories in the GEO literature. In practice, this study facilitates the perceptions of eco-conscious entrepreneurs, managers and experts, and other stakeholders of the organizations regarding developing an appropriate GEO by understanding the antecedents and outcomes of it for successful organizations and the ways to use and improve them probably.

Yeni İpek Yolu projesi, kazan kazan anlayışı ile ülkelerin katılımını teşvik eden bir küresel kalkınma projesi olarak ilk kez Çin Devlet Başkanı Xi Jinping tarafından 2013 yılında kamuoyuna duyuruldu. Tarihi İpek Yolundan ilham alınarak geliştirilen bu girişimin temel amacı, Asya’yı karadan ve denizden Avrupa’ya bağlayacak ticaret ve altyapı ağı oluşturarak ekonomik faaliyetlerin küreselleşmesini sağlamak; kazan-kazan anlayışı ile küresel işbirliğini arttırmak ve geçtiği güzergahta toplumsal refah yaratarak bölgesel ekonomik kalkınmayı teşvik etmektir. Kapsayıcılığı ve ‘altyapı’ya odaklanıyor oluşu ise bu girişimi, diğer uluslararası işbirliklerinden ayıran en temel özelliğidir. Bu çalışmada, Çin’in öncülüğünde başlayan Yeni İpek Yolu projesinin geçiş güzergahında yer alan Türkiye ve Kazakistan’ın önemi analiz edilirken aynı zamanda iki ülke arasındaki ticari ilişkiler Çin bağlamında değerlendirilmektedir. The New Silk Road project was announced to the public in 2013 for the first time by Chinese President Xi Jinping as a global development project that encourages the participation of countries with a win-win approach. The main purpose of this initiative, which is inspired by the historical Silk Road, is to create a trade and infrastructure network that will connect Asia to Europe from land and sea, and to ensure the globalization of economic activities. In addition, this initiative aims to encourage regional economic development by creating global cooperation and social welfare on the route it passes through with a win-win approach. Its inclusiveness and focus being 'infrastructure' is the main feature that distinguishes this initiative from other international collaborations. In this study, the importance of Turkey and Kazakhstan will be discussed in terms of New Silk Road’s transit routes while the commercial impact on Turkey and Kazakhstan relations will be evaluated with a view from China perspective.