Mismanagement of Sustainability: What Business Strategy Makes the Difference? Empirical Evidence from the USA

Maniora, Janine

doi:10.1007/s10551-018-3819-0

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“…Our findings show that most studies are not focused on SMEs in the United States (Figure ). China accounts for 2% (e.g., Li, Toppinen, & Lantta, ; Tang & Tang, ) and the United States accounts for 4% (e.g., Maniora, ; Muñoz & Cohen, ) of the research. This leaves 94% of the research coming from countries that are not the major contributors to CO 2 emission in the world.…”

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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

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One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is crucial, and businesses are demanded to be more environmentally sustainable every day. This study conducts an analysis of the literature on small and medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) environmental sustainability by carefully examining 122 studies from 58 journals published from 2013 to 2019. We investigate the trends in drivers and barriers of sustainability adoption to inform both SMEs managers and policymakers. Our results also classify the reviewed studies on the basis of their methodologies and show the distribution of studies across industry sectors and locations in order to set directions for future research on sustainability practices of SMEs.

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“…Collaborative motivation is needed in the present day, where businesses and individuals cocreate products to achieve sustainability in all aspects (Maniora, 2018). Although a business can become sustainable by its own practices and managerial decisions, it requires the support of end consumers who spread a positive word of mouth to help it flourish (Schaltegger et al, 2018).…”

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“…Although a business can become sustainable by its own practices and managerial decisions, it requires the support of end consumers who spread a positive word of mouth to help it flourish (Schaltegger et al, 2018). To have a holistic picture about customer needs from a sustainable perceptive, it is important to strategize a business model, because mismanagement of sustainable practices can drastically impact on financial conditions (Dhaliwal et al, 2012;Shibin et al, 2017;Maniora, 2018).…”

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Social and environmental sustainability model on consumers’ altruism, green purchase intention, green brand loyalty and evangelism

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Across the globe, the awareness for environmental degradation and its harmful effects is rapidly growing. The whole world has come together to work in the direction to protect the environment. Consumers are increasingly becoming cautious towards the impact of their consumption pattern on environment and organisations can attain a competitive edge by leveraging this cautiousness by offering them green products/brands. However, it is importance for the marketers to understand that how increasing levels of sustainability awareness impacts other factors which explain pro-environmental behaviour of customers. To fill the existing gap in the current literature in this regard, the current study aims to build a structural model which includes social and environmental sustainability awareness in measuring customer altruism, buying intention, loyalty and customer evangelism. The theoretical model extends the existing framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and explores the decision-making framework regarding ethical behaviour. Through existing literature review and expert input, the indicators (variables) for each construct were recognised. After that, data was collected from 331 respondents through a structurally designed questionnaire; the hypothetical model was test using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique. The findings of the study indicate that sustainability awareness positively influence the consumer altruism which in turn enhances the consumer purchase intention, green brand loyalty and green brand evangelism and altruism can and can bridge value-action gap for green brands. Current analysis supports the view that there are significant positive associations among the identified constructs.

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“…Within this context, one might suppose that human sustainability policies are used by firms to attract and retain talented people especially when dealing with millennials, ‘who seek better work‐life balance and opportunities for self‐development’ (Smets, 2016), as this would contribute, therefore, to increase the firm's human capital. Additionally, the supposition would entail that because human sustainability, as all the other forms of ‘sustainability management is often understood as a reputation building device’ (Maniora, 2018) could boost the firm's relational capital. Dealing with work–life balance could push firms to increase internal organisational capital.…”

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“…Sustainability is becoming an important topic for a growing number of firms that integrate it into their business strategies (Maniora, 2018). While first attempts focused on the integration of sustainability to the development of sustainable products or environmental impact of productions, recently, a more comprehensive approach has emerged.…”

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The role of human sustainability in professional service firms. Evidence from Italy

2020

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Sustainability is a central topic for an increasing number of companies, as a part of their business strategies. Human sustainability, that is, preserving and improving the quality of human life, in other words, maintaining and advancing human capital, appears as one relevant issue in that context. Humans and human capital are the foremost resources for professional service firms. Their role in the international economic scenario will most likely depend on how they deal with human sustainability and the wellbeing of their people. In this perspective, the paper investigates the antecedents, and organisational implications, of human sustainability in such firms using a structural equation model (SEM) developed on 4,301 questionnaires filled by Italian Chartered Accountants. Findings shed new lights on some implications of human sustainability. Results show that human sustainability has a direct and significative impact on a firm's ability to innovate, fostering creativity and intellectual capital, thus being significant for corporate performance. As a practical implication, firms should accordingly shape their business strategies towards accounting for human sustainability aspects.

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Mismanagement of Sustainability: What Business Strategy Makes the Difference? Empirical Evidence from the USA

Cited by 63 publications

References 71 publications

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends

Social and environmental sustainability model on consumers’ altruism, green purchase intention, green brand loyalty and evangelism

The role of human sustainability in professional service firms. Evidence from Italy

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