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Strategic Innovation for Sustainability: A Conceptual Model Linking Digitalization, Social Dynamics, and Climate Change Mitigation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses a significant research gap in the literature by systematically reviewing and synthesizing the interplay between social dynamics, environmental changes, and organizational innovation. Although prior research has explored these dimensions in isolation, the integrative framework remains lacking.
Gagan Deep Sharma   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Green Theories of Urban Development in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
China’s rapid urbanisation has already led to the development of more large-scale cities than ever before. One result is that China is now the largest carbon emitter in the world. Meanwhile, China is facing enormous challenges in respect to environmental
Ji, Qunfeng, Jones, Phillip, Li, C.
core   +2 more sources

Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Diversity, Globalization, and Sustainability in Community-Based Economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bioregional and “ecological economics” theory describes the growth of local economic linkages as vital to move post-industrial economies in the direction of sustainability.
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
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Identifying hotspots and management of critical ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta Region, China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Rapid urbanization has altered many ecosystems, causing a decline in many ecosystem services, generating serious ecological crisis. To cope with these challenges, we presented a comprehensive framework comprising five core steps for identifying and ...
Cai, Wenbo   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Circular Design Strategies Unleashed: Competitiveness and the Journey Towards Circular Manufacturing Businesses

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains hindered by the lack of practical strategies that simultaneously secure competitiveness and deliver sustainability outcomes for manufacturing organisations. While circular design is often cited as a cornerstone of CE, its concrete role in driving competitive advantage and organisational ...
Shamaila Ishaq   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological paradigm of cities in post-Brundtland era: challenges of conserving historic urban landscapes as living cities

open access: yesČasopis Socìalʹno-Ekonomìčnoï Geografìï. Часопис соціально-економічної географії, 2018
Sustainability has been a pressing, complex, and challenging agenda for urbanists. Its focus turns on wider issues of envi-ronment and societies thus broadening the concept defined in the Brundtland report.
Harsha Munasinghe
doaj   +1 more source

A European lens upon adult and lifelong learning in Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this article, we seek to assess the extent to which adult and lifelong learning policies and practices in Asia have distinctiveness by comparison to those found in western societies, through an analysis of inter-governmental, national and regional ...
A Fejes   +49 more
core   +2 more sources

Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation and Circular Economy Transitions: Evidence From the UK Textile and Clothing Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) in the textile and clothing (TC) industry is frequently attributed to sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI), yet empirical understanding of the systemic conditions under which SOI enables CE remains underdeveloped.
Krishnendu Saha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Policies for Local Urban Sustainability: A New Governance Approach? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cities have become a focal point for efforts to transition towards a more sustainable, low-carbon society, with many municipal agencies championing ‘eco city’ initiatives of one kind or another.
Cowley, R.   +3 more
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