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Sustainability performance in businesses and its implications for the sustainability service industry [PDF]

, 2020
In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented rise of actors who aim for businesses to contribute to sustainable development. These actors are located outside of the businesses they address through service practices. Business sustainability initiatives, standard setters, and consultancies are so prevalent today that they constitute an ...
openaire   +3 more sources

What Really Drives Agri‐Environment‐Climate Measures' Adoption? Mandatory Requirements, Behavioral Traits, and Structural Factors in the CAP Green Architecture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To increase farmer adoption of green practices, the EU Common Agricultural Policy includes both mandatory (conditionality) and voluntary instruments (eco‐schemes–ECS– and more demanding, multi‐annual agri‐environment‐climate measures –AECM–). Building on the experiment of Barreiro‐Hurle et al.
L. Sanchez‐Mata, M. Rodríguez‐Entrena, M. Espinosa‐Goded, F. J. Dessart, J. Barreiro‐Hurlé   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact Accounting Strategic Management in Sustainable Construction Business Organizations, Thailand

SAGE Open
Accounting strategic management to competitiveness and financial performance, including business operations of construction business organizations. This study aimed to investigate whether accounting strategic management remains a significant factor in ...
Kasama Kasorn, Wilailak Wongchai, Phathamon Boonyarasai, Pheerapol Sriwichai, Pornchai Jedaman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Empowering Green Transformation: The Strategic Nexus of Innovation, Regulation, and Sustainability in Chinese SMEs

Administrative Sciences
Growing pressure for sustainability has intensified the need for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt environmental innovation while maintaining competitive performance.
Hasnain Javed, Marcus V. Goncalves, Hoorulanne Ali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable product development strategies: Business planning and performance implications [PDF]

, 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Institution of Mechanical Engineers. This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Manufacturing firms are under many financial and competitive pressures which focus attention ...
Bateman, RJ
core   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of sustainable logistics on business performance: A systematic literature review (2011–2024)

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management
Background: Companies worldwide have increasingly adopted sustainable logistics strategies to optimise environmental management, foster social well-being and generate economic benefits that enhance business performance.
Elkin R. Zapa Pérez, Bernardo A. Monsalve Lozano   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source