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Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why Italian for‐profit firms convert to Benefit Corporation status and how they navigate the ensuing hybridization. Survey data from 118 companies are interpreted through a pragmatic and moral legitimacy lens. Results show that the main trigger is pragmatic legitimacy: managers seek to strengthen trust with internal and ...
Laura Rocca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Entrepreneurship and Work for Enhanced Sustainability at the Base of the Pyramid

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Promoting sustainability at the base of the pyramid (BoP) often falls short of inclusive development due to informal and fragmented institutions, creating institutional voids. Although institutions are critical in BoP settings, there is limited clarity on how institutional mechanisms can address sustainability challenges in low‐income contexts
Nikolas K. Kelling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPLICATIONS OF WATER TARIFF AND CUSTOMER CONNECTION FEE ADJUSTMENTS IN BANGGAI REGENCY

open access: yesCepalo
This study analyzes the implementation of the policy on adjusting drinking water tariffs and new customer connection fees at the Regional Drinking Water Company (PERUMDAM) of Banggai Regency, based on Director’s Decision No.
Sahraen Sibay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of individual characteristics and institutional norms on bureaucrats’ use of CBA in environmental policy : a model and a choice experiment

open access: yes, 2019
Social scientists regularly criticize the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA), which has led to much focus being placed on investigating the possible biases related to its results. Recent research shows that CBA is not routinely done prior to environmental, energy, and climate policymaking in Sweden, and in countries where a CBA is made, the results ...
Jussila Hammes, Johanna   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Circular Economy Disclosure and ESG Performance: Signal, Substance, or Symbol?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines whether circular economy (CE) disclosures lead to tangible environmental improvements reflected in ESG performance or primarily serve reputational objectives linked to greenwashing. It investigates how disclosures on energy efficiency, resource reduction, water efficiency, and emission reduction influence ESG performance and
Chiara Leggerini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Māori education and principles of self-determination in the twenty-first century. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This paper argues that self-determination to the greatest extent possible is a legitimate aspiration for Maori people. It is argued that in education this requires a philosophical and policy response more focused on Maori autonomy than can be provided ...
O’Sullivan, Dominic
core   +1 more source

Charting the Course: Real‐World Application of Sustainability and Innovation Principles in the Portuguese Blue Economy Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The blue economy has emerged as a key sector for linking sustainability and innovation, yet existing research has largely overlooked how firms operationalize these processes in practice. This study addresses that gap by asking: How do Portuguese blue economy firms embed sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI) into their strategies, and what ...
Jennifer Nicole Elston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From a Bureaucratic to a Critical-Sociocultural Model of Policymaking in Colombia

open access: yesHOW, 2013
In the context of the National Bilingual Program 2004-2019, currently called “Program for Strengthening the Development of Competencies in a Foreign Language,” the Colombian government has implemented a series of actions to raise the level of English ...
Doris Correa, Jaime Usma Wilches
doaj  

Bureaucrats or Politicians? [PDF]

open access: yes
politics, delegation ...
Alberto Alesina, Guido Tabellini
core  

How Supply Networks Influence Sustainable Innovation: Evidence From Ghana's Public Works Procurement

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent environmental and sustainability standards in procurement increase short‐term production and operational costs to suppliers, which are often recouped by charging price premiums for innovative solutions. However, public buyers are less likely to pay such price premiums, resulting in a disincentive among suppliers to bid for innovation ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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