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Barriers to Engagement in Circular Business Models Among Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: Evidence From the Irish Construction, Manufacturing and Retail/Wholesale Sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although circular business models (CBMs) are central to the circular economy (CE) transition, their adoption among small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) remains limited, and evidence on barrier variation across CBMs and sectors is scarce. This study examines barriers to engagement in five CBM activities, spanning secondary raw material use,
Gordon Sirr, Bernadette Power, Geraldine Ryan, John Eakins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of digital economy development on social insurance funds revenue: Evidence from China.

PLoS ONE
China has experienced rapid development in the digital economy. Using data from 30 provinces in China between 2011 and 2017, this paper constructs a two-way fixed effects model to study the effects and mechanisms of the digital economy development on ...
Xiaoqing Pan, Bo Li, Jing Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Circular Ecosystem‐Orchestrating Leadership: Microfoundations of Ecosystem‐Related Dynamic Capabilities for a Circular Economy Transition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) increasingly depends on circular ecosystems: networks of autonomous yet interdependent actors that must coordinate material, information, and value flows to narrow, slow, and close resource loops. This creates a governance problem: Circularity requires orchestration, yet no single actor can impose ...
Felix Carl Schultz, Vladislav Valentinov, Andrea Urbinati, Julian Kirchherr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

See Our Strengths: International Counseling Students of Color Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Counselor Training

Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing enrollment of international students in counseling programs, existing research has predominantly emphasized their challenges and adjustment difficulties, with limited attention to their cultural strengths. This critical narrative inquiry study examined how nine international counseling students of color (ICSC) in master's ...
Yu Pan, Christian D. Chan, Rattanakorn Ratanashevorn, Youn Jung Ho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst for Environmental and Social Sustainability Practices in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Sustainability, Digitalization, and Innovation Barriers

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and both environmental and social sustainability practices in small and medium‐sized enterprises, with a specific focus on the moderating effects of implementation barriers relating to sustainability, digitalization, and innovation.
Gülçinay Mumcu, Steven A. Brieger
wiley   +1 more source

Orchestrating Green Transformation: How AI Adoption Enables Corporate Carbon Neutrality

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As carbon neutrality has become a central goal of global climate governance, how firms achieve low‐carbon transformation has emerged as a critical research issue. However, prior studies have primarily focused on macro‐ or industry‐level analyses, offering limited and fragmented insights into how digital technologies—particularly AI—affect firm‐
Xiaonan Dong, Sungjin Son
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Corporate Environment, Social, and Governance Discourses: Analysis of Korean Companies' Sustainability Reports (2014–2024)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporations increasingly use Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports to articulate their commitments, priorities, and performance in sustainability governance. This study examines how Korean firms have configured and reconfigured their sustainability discourses across industries and time using 634 sustainability reports (2014–2024)
Taedong Lee, Sinjae Kang, Dian Wahyu Utami, Bohae Na   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergence Clubs in Corporate Sustainability: Identifying Industry and Risk‐Level ESG Convergence Patterns in S&P 500 Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing emphasis on corporate sustainability, it remains unclear whether firms will align with common ESG standards. The Phillips–Sul convergence methodology, in combination with dynamic time‐warping clustering, was utilized to analyze the ESG trajectories of 430 S&P 500 firms from 2019 to 2024.
Abdullah Kürşat Merter, Yavuz Selim Balcıoğlu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting to Water Scarcity in Mediterranean Greenhouse Agriculture: Insights From Digital Irrigation and Regulated Water Governance in Southeastern Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate‐driven water scarcity is compounding adaptation pressures on Mediterranean greenhouse farming, particularly for small and micro agricultural firms governed by regulated water‐governance systems. This paper analyses differentiated adaptation profiles in Almería (Spain) based on an analysis of farm structure, digital irrigation adoption,
Luis J. Belmonte‐Ureña, Francisco Camacho‐Ferre, Francisco José Castillo‐Díaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO Conversational Receptiveness and Its Role in Reducing ESG Controversies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies can severely damage firms' legitimacy, reputation, and stakeholder trust. Yet little is known about how CEO leadership behaviors shape firms' exposure to such unfavorable ESG outcomes.
Thomas Hufnagel, Carolin Krieweth, Malte Brettel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source