Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review

Pizzi, Simone; Caputo, Andrea; Corvino, A; Venturelli, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124033

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“…This proposal considers the structure and criteria of the GSTC, summing the multi-stakeholder approach and allowing SMEs to build their SSMM according to their available resources and their context within the territory. No advance can be achieved toward the 2030 Agenda without the active participation of businesses [174], as a significant part of the SDGs are directly related to the implementation of business strategies [175], which are still very fragmented despite the numerous studies published since its declaration [174]. Therefore, this SSMM proposal, as a result of a dialogue between academia and businesses, provides academic contributions and practical implications, facilitating feasible, measurable, and specific sustainable management strategies, as well as a social learning methodological framework with a multi-stakeholder approach.…”

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“…Therefore, this SSMM proposal, as a result of a dialogue between academia and businesses, provides academic contributions and practical implications, facilitating feasible, measurable, and specific sustainable management strategies, as well as a social learning methodological framework with a multi-stakeholder approach. Both contributions fill the existing literature gap, providing practical solutions to a "complex topic," creating connections between companies and the 2030 Agenda [174,176] to be replicated or adapted to other contexts, and facilitating conscious progress towards the SDGs.…”

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Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

2020

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As we reach the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the tourism sector responsible for over 10% of the world’s GDP still does not have an open-source, sustainable management criteria that would enable and empower them to “walk the talk” to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in the social sciences and business management literature by providing a theoretical Sustainable Strategic Management Model (SSMM) proposal for the Fourth Sector (4S), Small- and Medium-sized (SMEs) Hotel companies (4S-SM-HCs), which are committed and have the will to contribute firmly to the 2030 Agenda. Based on their corporate purpose and aligned with the SDGs, this article provides a holistic proposal with a multi-stakeholder approach, adding the SDG perspective. Through a qualitative research methodology based on two focus groups in which the main stakeholders and the management team of the 4S-SM-HC under examination took part, a theoretical SSMM is co-defined so that the hotel company can make significant contributions to the five areas of the SDGs. Basing their structure on the internationally recognized Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria and co-created through social learning, this SSMM proposes four strategic management axis and develops ten principles of ethical performance (PEP). The main contributions of this article are two: (1) to provide an ecosystemic SSMM proposal to the 4S-SM-HCs to allow them to make significant contributions to the SDGs, and (2) to facilitate a methodological framework with a multi-stakeholder approach and SDG perspective to enable them to contribute to the wellbeing of people, the community and the planet.

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Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

2020

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“…Recent research focused on Industry 4.0 to highlight the sustainability importance [38][39][40][41][42], while other studies embraced a more specific approach establishing a direct relationship with the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) [43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Other studies show that considering the direct effects of a company's actions on the environment and society and taking those into account leads to economic return, competitive advantage, and better performance [50][51][52][53].…”

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The New SWOT for a Sustainable World

Pereira

Pinto

Costa

et al. 2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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In today’s complex and changing business environment the concern with sustainability has gained more notoriety. However, companies still do not have a sustainable perspective, but a short-term one, where their values are constantly forgotten and this concept is no longer welcomed. This research demonstrates the need for companies to adapt and to start acting in this direction. Following a set of interviews conducted with professionals with management positions of high responsibility, findings reveal that although sustainability is on the management mind, strategies and tools need to be adapted to be at the core of the organization’s strategic formulation. To support this process, a new SWOT analysis to fit a forward-looking sustainable world is proposed. Furthermore, due to the aggregative nature of the model, it represents an essential tool for an open innovation. “SWOT i” integrates the concern with sustainability as one of its pillars, placing the values and impacts that each decision can have at the center of the strategic formulation, allowing their performance to leverage.

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“…Very recently, we have seen a few systematic reviews appearing relating to management academics and the SDGs. Pizzi, Caputo, Corvino, and Venturelli (2020) analysed 266 articles between 2012 and 2019 finding four key themes of research appearing: technological innovation; firms' contribution in developing countries; non-financial reporting; and education for SDGs. Other authors have focused on the role of management education in supporting the achievement of the SDGs: Weybrecht (2017) spoke of the importance of management education working hand-in-hand with the business sector, whereas Ndubuka and Rey-Marmonier (2019) discussed capability approaches for management education to assist in achieving the SDGs in UK business schools.…”

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“…Other authors have focused on the role of management education in supporting the achievement of the SDGs: Weybrecht (2017) spoke of the importance of management education working hand-in-hand with the business sector, whereas Ndubuka and Rey-Marmonier (2019) discussed capability approaches for management education to assist in achieving the SDGs in UK business schools. However, as Pizzi et al (2020) concluded, despite the rapidly increasing number of papers appearing, the contribution of business and management academics to the achievement of the SDGs remains very fragmented.…”

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Management research and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Macht

Chapman

Fitzgerald

2020

Journal of Management & Organization

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In this editorial, we are delighted to introduce the seven papers in this Special Issue. Each article considers various aspects of how management research can assist in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in different contexts. Starting from a desire to provide a mechanism to drive real research outcomes for management research, this editorial considers the SDGs and their implementation/adoption in universities and businesses to date. It then introduces the different contexts for management research and the SDGs explored in the seven articles in the Special Issue. Finally, in a Postscript at the end of this Special Issue, we look at current progress against the SDGs, how COVID-19 has impacted this progress and what the future may hold for the links between management research and the SDGs.

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Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review

Cited by 373 publications

References 81 publications

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

The New SWOT for a Sustainable World

Management research and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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