Measuring the Choice of Environmental Sustainability Strategies in Creating a Competitive Advantage

Walsh, Philip R.; Dodds, Rachel

doi:10.1002/bse.1949

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“…In the same vein, one might also argue that given that in recent times businesses in Malawi have been facing serious power‐cuts and water shortages, most of the owner/managers might have been strongly inclined to adopt sound water management practices and renewable energy sources (solar energy) to simultaneously achieve the cost‐effectiveness of their operations and preservation of the environment. Therefore, a positive perception of environmental sustainability, evident in the previous excerpts, might only be achieved when its integration into national business systems is seen as a way of gaining competitive advantage (see also Böttcher and Müller, ; Walker et al ., ; Sullivan and Gouldson, ; Walsh and Dodds, ) and compliance with strong regulatory pressure (see also Sprengel and Busch, ).…”

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Institutional Antecedents of the Corporate Social Responsibility Narrative in the Developing World Context: Implications for Sustainable Development

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Efforts to understand the background to perceptions and manifestation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the developing world need to focus on establishing their link with the challenges of socio‐economic governance and societal expectations and cultural traditions. This signifies a departure from a western centric understanding of CSR but also an over‐focus on CSR as philanthropy. This study considers the Malawian tourism industry and finds that its colonial legacy, post‐colonialism development thinking and the national education system explain the prevalence of a ‘CSR as philanthropy’ agenda. When these factors interact with challenges of socio‐economic governance and societal expectations, however, the universality thesis that has often been associated with the theory and implementation CSR can be challenged. These findings therefore suggest a shift from the western centric CSR thinking to a CSR perspective that is strongly grounded in local values and norms and which meets the expectations of the global society. This indicates a way forward if CSR is to be adequately institutionalized in the developing world. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…On the other hand, because the increasing importance of environmental sustainability among customers, environmental issues have become more important to get competitiveness in tourism destinations (Manaktola & Jauhari, ). Walsh and Dodds () showed that there was a positive relationship between competitive advantage, continued economic success, of the hotels and low cost environmental sustainability strategies that consist of cost efficiencies. Jansson, Nilsson, et al () showed that large companies are more interested in environmentally friendly activities such as resource efficiency, recycling, offering green products and services, and having an environment‐friendly management system than small‐ and medium‐sized companies.…”

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The extended theory of planned behavior in Turkish customers' intentions to visit green hotels

Yarımoğlu¹,

2019

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Over the last decade, many studies have started to focus on understanding customers' green purchase intentions since the increasing importance of environmental issues in the hotel industry. This study examined customers' intentions to visit green hotels by using the theory of planned behavior. Two constructs, environmentally friendly activities and overall image, were incorporated into the theory, and the extended theory of planned behavior model was tested. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the extended theory of planned behavior constructs (attitudes towards green hotels, subjective norms, perceived control, environmentally friendly activities, and overall image) on visit intentions and also to predict the effects of visit intentions on willingness to pay, satisfaction, and loyalty. Within this aim, the research model was formed to show the antecedents and consequences of intentions to visit green hotels. Data were collected by face‐to‐face survey technique, and 400 usable questionnaires were held from the customers in Izmir City, Turkey. In the findings, four of five constructs in the antecedents of intentions, except perceived control, were found as significant, and all three consequences of intentions were found as significant. The results of the study supported the usage of the extended theory of planned behavior in the context of green hotels. Theoretical contributions and discussions were explained lastly.

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“…Environmental strategies are manifest as either cost reduction, differentiation strategies, or a hybrid of those (Walsh & Dodds, ). They are usually implemented through new products and/or new services (Jakobson and Clausen ()).…”

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When companies improve the sustainability of the natural environment: A study of large U.S. companies

Mendonca

Zhou

2019

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In light of the call for companies to abandon current approaches to environmental management, this study adds to the environmental strategy literature and uses the evidence of competitive dynamics among companies to identify a mechanism by which companies invest in proactive environmental strategies and thereby improve the sustainability of the natural environment. An examination utilizing fixed effects regressions on a sample of large U.S.‐based companies reveal that even after controlling the number, environmental and financial performance of leading (environmental) companies, laggard (environmental) companies are more likely to invest in proactive environmental strategies when their leading peers display higher sustainability orientations. Neither the expectation of government regulation nor social movement pressure was found to be influential in this relationship. Therefore, the future dominance of companies' investments in the sustainability of the natural environment will be driven by companies themselves as long as competitive advantages are expected.

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Measuring the Choice of Environmental Sustainability Strategies in Creating a Competitive Advantage

Cited by 116 publications

References 60 publications

Institutional Antecedents of the Corporate Social Responsibility Narrative in the Developing World Context: Implications for Sustainable Development

Institutional Antecedents of the Corporate Social Responsibility Narrative in the Developing World Context: Implications for Sustainable Development

The extended theory of planned behavior in Turkish customers' intentions to visit green hotels

When companies improve the sustainability of the natural environment: A study of large U.S. companies

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