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Understanding Sustainable Business Model Barriers: The Interplay of Sustainable Value Dynamics and Organizational Tensions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability‐oriented startups face challenges in implementing sustainable business models due to resource constraints, technological uncertainty and competing economic, social and environmental objectives. Although prior studies have identified numerous sustainable business model barriers, limited attention has been given to the ...
Sandra Naomi Morioka, Andressa Kelly da Silva Nunes, Ivan Bolis   +2 more
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Sustainability and Scope: A Comparative Study of Discretion Making for Sustainability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The measurability of sustainability is a subject of ongoing debate. Discretion is an important antecedent to such valuation yet remains largely unaddressed. Thus, we conduct a cross‐case study of four organizations, finding differences between product and service firms in how they define their sustainability discretion, which is shaped by and,
Annabelle Müller
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Managers' Values and the Adoption of Environmentally Sustainable Practices Among Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: A Configurational Approach

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in sustainability transitions, yet the mechanisms through which managers' values shape environmentally sustainable practices (ESP) remain insufficiently understood. Existing research often treats managerial values as independent predictors and pays limited attention to their ...
Marie Romuald Bernard Pouka Pouka, François Labelle, François L'Écuyer   +2 more
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How B Corp Leaders Engage Stakeholders in the Development of B Corp Strategies: Evidence From the Italian Context

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As companies increasingly define success by measures beyond financial returns, leaders in recent decades have faced a pressing challenge: translating stakeholder‐driven purpose into sustainability strategies that employees genuinely understand and enact.
Lucia Gatti, Dario Risso, Ralf Wagner
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Building Capabilities for Monetizing Circular Economy Strategies—A Case Study Analysis of 3R Strategies in a Japanese Firm

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While many firms struggle to monetize circular economy (CE) strategies due to high costs and capability gaps, understanding the specific capabilities required to effectively implement these strategies remains a critical challenge. Addressing this gap, this study explores how firms develop and institutionalize such capabilities to achieve both ...
Ryosuke Sugie, Young Won Park, Mitsuhiro Fukuzawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Capital to Green Innovation: Corporate Venture Capital as a Vehicle for Sustainable Organizational Learning

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As increasing stakeholder pressure pushes firms to embed sustainability into their strategies, this study explores how corporate venture capital (CVC), a key corporate entrepreneurship instrument, supports corporate parents to learn from sustainable startups.
Louisa A. Müller, Julian D. Hüfner, Dominik K. Kanbach   +2 more
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge, Patrick Arhin, Kerstin Zander   +4 more
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Beyond a Technocentric Transition: A Diverse Economies Perspective for Social Justice in Circular Economy Business Models

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy, dominated by capitalocentric, technocentric, and eco‐modernist discourses, risks perpetuating systemic injustice because of its limited consideration of the social and of what is possible. In this article, we examine how social justice can be embedded into circular business models (CBMs)—key drivers of the circular ...
Fernando C. Lit, Erik Paredis, Josephina C. C. M. Huijben, Myriam M. A. H. Cloodt   +3 more
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Responsible Leadership for Sustainable Agritourism: A Multilevel Causal Mechanism Analysis and the Facilitating Roles of Social Capital

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal mechanisms by which responsible leadership (RL) promotes sustainable agritourism development in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Using focus groups and multiple case studies across five exemplary agritourism operations, we examine how RL operates across multiple levels to influence sustainable agritourism outcomes.
Giang N. T. Nguyen, Heidi Wechtler
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From ‘Responsible’ to ‘Sustainable’: A Contingent Analysis of Responsible Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Performance in an Emerging Economy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While debate on responsible entrepreneurial activities for sustainable development is burgeoning, studies examining whether small and medium‐sized firms (SMEs) can benefit from responsible entrepreneurship remain underexplored. In this study, we draw on stakeholder theory to fill this literature gap by investigating the effect of responsible ...
Ayodele C. Oniku, Awele Achi, Adejumoke Adeoti, Olamide O. Akintimehin, Francis Chukwuedo Achi, Solomon Jeresa, Benard Iyegudu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source