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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agri‐food industry faces major sustainability challenges, requiring a shift in companies' approach. Circular economy principles offer a promising path by enhancing resource efficiency, reducing waste, and valorizing by‐products. However, the integration of sustainability and circularity practices remains limited, especially in developing ...
Maria Elena Latino +2 more
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Redesigning procurement in the public sector will be a vital part of meeting budget reductions. [PDF]
In 2008/09, the public sector spent £220 billion on goods and services alone, accounting for one third of all spending. However, there is multiple overlap in terms of procurement processes and structures across the public sector and collaboration across ...
Cox, Chris, Rainford, Paul
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Reforming the public sector in the EU: the new public procurement regime [PDF]
, 2005 Commentary on the significance of the regulation of public procurement in the common market and impact on increased potential for doing business with the public sector.
Bovis, Christopher
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The supply chain consists of interconnected businesses and organisations responsible for the flow of goods and services. As firms increasingly adopt digital technologies, the spillover effects of supply chain digitalisation (SCD) on environmental performance remain underexplored.
Zengdong Cao +4 more
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FOPPA: an open database of French public procurement award notices from 2010-2020. [PDF]
Sci Data, 2023 Potin L +3 more
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Publication Review - Social and Environmental Policies in EC Procurement Law - new Directives and new Directions Edited by Sue Arrowsmith and Peter Kunzlik [PDF]
A critical review of a book by Sue Arrwsmith and Peter Kunzlik which examines two significant aspects of EU 'horizontal' policies which embed social and environmental considerations into the public procurement process. A range of academic debates examine
Davenport, Dee
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina +5 more
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A by-product of big government: the attenuating role of public procurement for the effectiveness of grants-based entrepreneurship policy. [PDF]
Small Bus Econ (Dordr), 2023 Grajzl P, Srhoj S, Cepec J, Mörec B.
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Public procurement for sustainability
Public procurement emerges as an instrument to promote sustainability and innovation, facilitating the implementation of policy goals. Adaptive procurement leverages sustainable innovation available in the market. Developmental procurement creates demand for solutions that do not exist yet but need to be developed first.
Pihlajamaa Matti, Valovirta Ville
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Turning Carbon Into Cash? Cross‐Country Evidence on the Profitability of Emission Reductions
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does corporate CO2 abatement pay? We assembled an international panel of listed firms (2019–2023), linking Scope 1–2 emissions to institutional (G7, CCPI) and search‐based attention measures. The dataset consists of an unbalanced panel of 1724 multinational firms, together with a sub‐sample of 922 firms operating in G7 economies. Firm and time
Mauro Aliano +3 more
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