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How Do Global Fashion Supply Chains Respond to Structural Pressures? Examining Sustainability Conduct Through a Spatial–Temporal–Functional Lens

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fashion industry is facing unprecedented structural pressures, including increasing regulatory demands and rising expectations for social accountability. This study examines how global fashion supply chains respond to such pressures to advance sustainability.
Diletta Tosetto, Laura Macchion, Rosanna Fornasiero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patients' Experience of therapeutic footwear whilst living at risk of neuropathic diabetic foot ulceration: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2014
Background Previous work has found that people with diabetes do not wear their therapeutic footwear as directed, but the thinking behind this behaviour is unclear.
Joanne S Paton, Anne Roberts, Graham K Bruce, Jonathan Marsden   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two Pathways to ‘No’: Context‐Conditioned Sufficient Pathways to Formal SBTi Non‐Engagement Among Apparel and Footwear Suppliers in Bangladesh and China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The apparel and footwear (A&F) industry accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, much of it arising from supplier activities. While leading brands increasingly commit to science‐based targets (SBTs), formal engagement with the Science‐Based Targets initiative (SBTi) remains limited among suppliers, especially in key sourcing ...
Ryan Meintjes, Laurence L. Delina
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Product Passport as a Transparency Tool for Sustainable Fashion Retailing: Benefits, Barriers, and Strategic Implications

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transparency is increasingly recognized as a critical factor in advancing the sustainability of production processes and products, particularly in fashion retailing. In response, the European Union is developing standardized transparency mechanisms, most notably the Digital Product Passport (DPP).
Virginia Fani, Valentina Mazzoli, Ilenia Confente, Romeo Bandinelli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitalisation, Organisational Innovation and Firms' Environmental Protection Expenditures: Evidence From Spanish Manufacturing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how digitalisation and organisational innovation shape firms' routine environmental protection efforts in Spanish manufacturing. Using an unbalanced panel of 2348 firms and 7603 firm‐year observations from 2009–2023 drawn from the Survey on Business Strategies (ESEE), the study examines the determinants of current ...
Alexy Apolo‐Romero, Pedro Sánchez‐Sellero   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Business Group Affiliation and Environmental Innovation: The Moderating Role of Board Diversity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between business group (BG) affiliation and corporate environmental innovation, with a particular focus on the moderating role of board diversity. Drawing on resource dependence theory (RDT) and agency theory, we argue that although BGs provide affiliated firms with strategic resources, their governance ...
Yamin Xie, Bai Xue, Peng Wang, Fenfang Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Key concepts in children’s footwear research: a scoping review focusing on therapeutic footwear

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2019
Background Reports suggest that children with mobility impairment represent a significant proportion of the population living with a disability. Footwear is considered to be the key extrinsic factor affecting children’s gait and footwear modifications ...
Matthew Hill, Aoife Healy, Nachiappan Chockalingam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frugal Innovation as an Environmentally Oriented Business Strategy: The Roles of Servant Leadership and Organizational Learning Capability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how firms develop frugal innovation as an environmentally oriented business strategy that combines competitiveness with lower resource intensity. Drawing on sustainable business strategy research and using degrowth as an interpretive lens rather than a causal theory, we conceptualize frugal innovation as an organizational ...
Paula Gulart Munhoz, Giancarlo Gomes, Ricardo Chiva, Joaquín Alegre   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a footwear sizing system for diabetic feet

Heliyon
The number of diabetic patients is increasing rapidly who have vulnerable feet and might be easily affected by different adversities. Since there is no available footwear sizing system for diabetic patients, manufacturers produce diabetic footwear of ...
Bibhu Dash, Md. Rayhan Sarker, Md. Mukter Alam, Asack Mamun Asick, Aklima Begum   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Adaptation or Strategic Confusion? Fashion Organisations' Engagement With Sustainability Certifications

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite considerable costs associated with environmental certifications, fashion organisations consistently adopt multiple schemes to address sustainability challenges. As key mechanisms of sustainability governance, certifications expand legitimacy signalling opportunities, yet questions remain about their practical implementation and ...
Josephine Alice Mckenzie, Sukhbir Sandhu, Carol T. Kulik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source