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Navigating the ESG Paradox: Strategic Pathways Between Innovation and Washing Under Stakeholder Scrutiny

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As firms increasingly incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns into their strategic agendas, stakeholder legitimacy—an audience‐conferred judgment of organizational appropriateness—has become pivotal. We theorize legitimacy as expanding a hybrid response portfolio in which firms may pursue substantive change (business ...
Min‐Jae Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Project Time and Cost Prediction Using a Hybrid XGBoost and Simulated Annealing Algorithm

open access: yesMachines
Machine learning technologies have recently emerged as transformative tools for enhancing project management accuracy and efficiency. This study introduces a data-driven model that leverages the hybrid eXtreme Gradient Boosting-Simulated Annealing ...
Ali Akbar ForouzeshNejad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of reinforcement learning for integrating project risk analysis and risk response planning: A case study on construction projects [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Project Management
Project Risk Management contains processes ranging from planning to control. It is applied to identify risks, analyze them, and design responses to change the occurrence rate and/or the effect of project risks.
Sajad Soltan , Maryam Ashrafi
doaj   +1 more source

Resource‐Centered Transformation Paths: The Role of Digital Transformation in Optimizing SME Resources for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The critical role of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth through employment generation and innovation cannot go unseen, especially the efforts of small firms in promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. With more market and consumer focus on sustainability and the shift toward eco‐friendly products, SMEs can ...
Nasser Hadi Alajmi
wiley   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methods for Project Tracking in Creative Environment

open access: yesActa Informatica Pragensia, 2017
The objective of this paper is to design new alternative methods for project tracking in creative industry environment. One of the research method is system dynamics modelling.
Eva Šviráková
doaj   +1 more source

Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of managerial ability in driving environmental performance and overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings in the context of the European Union sustainability reporting regulations. Using a sample of 7242 firm‐year observations over the period 2015–2023, our results indicate a structural change in ...
Mihaela Ionașcu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Talk, Costly Walk: The Financial Cost of Greenwashing

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial consequences of greenwashing, operationalized as the misalignment between ESG disclosure and actual ESG performance. While prior research has explored the reputational and ethical dimensions of greenwashing, its impact on firms' cost of debt remains underexamined.
S. Taddeo, A. Regoli, O. Weber, R. Carè
wiley   +1 more source

Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source

Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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