Climate change adaptation in the private sector: application of a relational view of the firm

Canevari-Luzardo, Laura

doi:10.1080/17565529.2019.1613214

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“…Other sectors that are critical for climate-resilient developmentnamely water (outside of its use for agriculture), infrastructure and health-are also under-represented, at least in the three journals reviewed here. The role of the private sector is expressly addressed in just one paper (Canevari-Luzardo, 2019). Clearly public sector adaptation has been the main focus, together with private individual/household level actions in the rural/agricultural sector.…”

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The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

Vincent

Cundill

2021

Climate and Development

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This paper applies a scoping review approach to inductively assess the evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South over the period 2010 to 2020 using, as indicators of the literature, three leading adaptation journals covering different scales of analysis: Global Environmental Change, Regional Environmental Change and Climate and Development. The review confirms that previous calls for an increase in empirical adaptation research have been heeded. Research covers both policy and practice, and also different scales, with a particular focus on agricultural and rural settings. There is significant and growing interest in the determinants of adaptation and adaptive capacity (including the role of barriers and enablers), and a small but growing interest in the role of gender. The overall increase in total publications does not show even geographical or sectoral coverage. Large swathes of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East/North Africa remain severely under-researched; and the overwhelming majority of papers focus on rural and agricultural issues rather than cities. This analysis offers tangible evidence to highlight where geographical and thematic gaps exist in our research on adaptation in the global South.

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The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

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Cundill

2021

Climate and Development

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“…The application of a relational view of climate adaptation provides a more complete view of business adaptation in agricultural value chains. Although the focus of this study was the analysis of business‐to‐business relationships, studies can extend the analytic scope by examining the relationship between network structural attributes (e.g., network density, modularity, and actors' centrality) and resilience outcomes, drawing in more technical network analysis approaches (see Canevari‐Luzardo , under review).…”

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“…The focus on network interactions helps to uncover the complex dynamics of value chain relationships, moving away from a linear view of value chains. From an analytical standpoint, the influence of business relations can be examined at two main scales: At the whole network level, it is possible to investigate how structural network attributes (such as network connectivity and actor's centrality) influence adaptation and resilience outcomes (Canevari‐Luzardo, , under review); contrastingly, a closer look at dyadic (i.e., business‐to‐business) relationships embedded within broader business network environments can inform our understanding of the inference of network dynamics on the risk exposure and adaptation space of specific actors. This paper emphasises the effect of dyadic relationships on the risk attitudes and adaptive behaviour of value chain actors, as this level of analysis aligns better with the strategic management literature.…”

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“…In both cases, actors affected by water rationing typically did not have access to on‐site water storage infrastructure (e.g., water tanks). Consequently, during a drought, they were forced to source water from local natural sources, or to purchase water from water trucks, significantly increasing production costs (further details on the effects of water rationing on cassava processors can be found in Canevari‐Luzardo, ) A question was posed to the water utilities as to whether they promoted water storage devices and water efficient technologies (e.g., water recycling) as a means to reduce water consumption in these industries. Interestingly, their response was as follows:

It is an issue we struggle with—where you have a high user but a good paying user and there have been arguments saying if they are happy using our water and paying for it, we shouldn't be the ones to be discouraging their use.…”

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“…The motivation to cultivate business interactions is first driven by firms' desire to maximise efficiency and reduce uncertainties in their operational environments (Pfeffer & Salanick, 1978). Yet once embedded in a net of business relationships, a firm's network generates opportunities for and barriers to its development, and it becomes a way for businesses to influence and be influenced (Canevari-Luzardo, 2019;Håkansson & Ford, 2002). It is therefore a firm's capacity to manage its relationships with partners in its operational environment, 1 A process constraining behaviour and that forces one unit in a population to resemble other units that face the same set of environmental conditions (see Lewin, Weigelt, & Emery, 2004).…”

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A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?

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Studies exploring climate change adaptation in the private sector have seldom investigated the effect of business network interactions on climate vulnerability and adaptation outcomes. This paper proposes a novel theoretical framework to explore how business-network dynamics affect risk perceptions and adaptive behaviours in business firms. The framework is empirically grounded in a comparative analysis of business-network dynamics from three agricultural value chains in Jamaica that are vulnerable to climate change impacts. The results illustrate how the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of value chain actors are influenced by business interdependencies and interfirm relationships. We find that the level of formality of business exchanges (contractual or noncontractual), the level of resource interdependency, and the ability to diversify access channels to critical resources can influence the propagation of climate-related risks and influence actors' exposure and sensitivity to those risks. The study also offers evidence of the role played by bonding and bridging relational ties on adaptive capacity. The framework and findings provide a foundation for a new research agenda exploring a relational view of firm adaptation strategy in response to climate risks.

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Organizational heuristics and firms' sensemaking for climate change adaptation

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The complexity and uncertainty of climate change pose unique challenges to the development of corporate adaptation strategies. Climate adaptation requires organizations to rely on sensemaking to understand climate events, implications for their operations, and develop a response. Organizational heuristics can support sensemaking by simplifying decisions and reducing cognitive effort but also hinder it by creating bias and errors that lead to inefficient decisions. This paper analyzes how firms use organizational heuristics when making decisions on climate change by empirically investigating the adaptation responses of key infrastructure providers in the United Kingdom. Looking at selection, prioritization, procedural, and temporal heuristics, we examine how firms make sense of climate events and develop their responses accordingly. The analysis shows that while these rules‐of‐thumb are sensible in some instances, they can create biases, too, that may deflect responsibility or create a false sense of security leading to inefficient adaptation decisions.

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Climate change adaptation in the private sector: application of a relational view of the firm

Cited by 14 publications

References 53 publications

The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?

Organizational heuristics and firms' sensemaking for climate change adaptation

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