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Navigating the Double Edge of Product‐Service Systems: User Behavior, Adoption, and Rebound Effects

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Product‐service systems (PSS) have been considered a promising approach to operationalizing the circular economy. Although many studies have outlined the potential sustainability gains of PSS solutions, it is still unclear what factors drive PSS adoption and how behavioral changes result in rebound effects, undermining their potential ...
Marina Fernandes Aguiar, Daniel Guzzo, Janaina Mascarenhas, Daniela C. A. Pigosso   +3 more
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Complex Firms, Controversial Outcomes: Global Evidence on ESG Failures and Remedies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether business complexity increases firms' exposure to negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes, specifically ESG controversies, using a global panel of firms from 37 countries over the period 2002–2021.
Abongeh A. Tunyi, Ali Uyar, Nejla Ould Daoud Ellili, Abdullah S. Karaman   +3 more
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard, Andrew Greenman, Stacia Stetkiewicz, Bouwe Dijkstra, Frances Bowen, Richard Field   +5 more
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Global Energy Corporations and Climate Change: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Shaping Climate Change Risk Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines climate change risk disclosure in the global energy sector, where firms face intense stakeholder scrutiny and legitimacy pressures. We develop a novel domain‐specific textual analysis measure to capture climate change risk disclosures, improving on prior approaches based on generic environmental terminology.
Khaldoon Albitar, Ali Meftah Gerged
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti, Erhan Kilincarslan, Jiafan Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When the Remedy Is Worse Than the Illness: Carbon Performance and Growth Opportunities Under the EU ETS

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how the European Union Emissions Trading System allowance prices reshape the link between corporate environmental performance (CEP) and firms' growth expectations, measured by Tobin's Q. Using a panel of 1370 listed firms across 15 European countries from 2005 to 2024 and high‐dimensional fixed‐effects models, we first ...
Adrián Ferreras
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah, Hayford Amegbe, Dafleen Addrah, Oghogho Destina Ovuakporie, Lydia Nyankom Takyi, Samuel Adomako   +5 more
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Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao, Zhichao Chen, Muhammad Nadeem, Guanghua Xu, Nader Atawnah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Carbon Emissions Affect the Performance of Listed Latin American Firms? The Moderating Effect of Financial Slack

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the association between carbon emissions and financial performance in Latin American firms. The scientific literature on this topic is limited, with little evidence available in this geographical region. This study aims to address this research gap by testing hypotheses focused on analysing how Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon ...
Ana Isabel Mendieta‐Callirgos, Maria Carmen Pérez‐López, Ismael Muñoz‐Pérez, Germán López‐Pérez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source