The Effect of Internal Barriers on the Connection Between Stakeholder Integration and Proactive Environmental Strategies

Delgado-Ceballos, Javier; Aragón‐Correa, J. Alberto; Ortiz‐de‐Mandojana, Natalia; Rueda‐Manzanares, Antonio

doi:10.1007/s10551-011-1039-y

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“…These factors acting as drivers of pro-environmental change are usually accompanied by barriers or obstacles that can hinder or prevent progress towards strategic positions that are more environmentally proactive. The perspective of barriers to environmental progress in firms has been analysed by authors such as ( [18][19][20][21][22][23][24], among others); however, an overall approach integrating both drivers and barriers has been less studied. Consequently, this study aims to analyse both the drivers and barriers determining firms' pro-environmental behaviour.…”

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How Is Environmental Proactivity Accomplished? Drivers and Barriers in Firms’ Pro-Environmental Change Process

2017

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Abstract:The contaminating effects of economic activity and the scarcity of natural resources has led firms to a situation in which corporate strategy has been compromised by environmental issues. The objective of this paper is to analyse some of the factors determining the pro-environmental change process by considering the drivers encouraging firms to progress in environmental protection and the barriers that curb this progress. Using a structural equation model implemented on a sample of 303 firms, our results confirm a direct and positive effect of stakeholder pressure and of the expectations of obtaining competitive advantages from the pro-environmental change process. The results also confirmed the indirect effect of stakeholder pressure on pro-environmental change through managers' expectations of obtaining competitive advantages, which play a mediating role in the firm's response. Although managers interpret the barriers we have studied as obstacles to adopting environmental protection measures, they do not prevent any firm from reaching advanced levels of pro-environmental change.

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How Is Environmental Proactivity Accomplished? Drivers and Barriers in Firms’ Pro-Environmental Change Process

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“…Antycypacja to najogólniej reagowanie z wyprzedzeniem 13 . Główną rolę odgrywają tu proaktywne strategie przedsiębiorstw związane z ochroną środowiska naturalnego (proaktywne strategie środowiskowe -PSŚ) 14 .…”

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“…42(6), 1999, p. 599-615. 13 Stańczyk-Hugiet E.: Dynamika strategiczna w ujęciu ewolucyjnym. Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny, Wrocław 2013, s. 101.…”

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“…Proaktywni przedsiębiorcy szukają szans w otoczeniu, przejawiają inicjatywę i nie ustają w dążeniu do zdobycia nowych doświadczeń 29 . Na proaktywność składa się siedem charakterystyk profilu proaktywnego menedżera-przedsiębiorcy: 37 . Wdrożenie i realizacja PSŚ będzie szczególnie w takim przypadku nakierowana na ekonomiczną oszczędność, redukcję i eliminację strat związanych z projektowaniem, produkcją, użyciem i likwidacją produktów oraz materiałów.…”

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Corporate dynamic approach to natural environment – a strategic approach

Seroka‐Stolka

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2017

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Streszczenie. Celem opracowania jest prezentacja zagadnienia dynamicznego podejścia przedsiębiorstwa do ochrony środowiska i mieszczącej się w tym nurcie proaktywnej strategii środowiskowej -PSŚ. Omówiono główne podejścia przedsiębiorstw do ochrony środowiska: od reaktywnego do proaktywnego w ujęciu ewolucyjnym. Dokonano przeglądu definicji istoty proaktywnej strategii środowiskowej oraz autorskiej propozycji ujęcia PSŚ. Wskazano, że proaktywna strategia środowiskowa jest utożsamiana ze strategią prospector w ujęciu typologii strategii według Milesa i Snowa, a przedsiębiorstwa ją stosujące są proaktywne wobec zmian prawnych, rynku i technologii oraz odporne na kryzys. Wskazano możliwe koncepcje i programy ukierunkowujące wdrożenie proaktywnej strategii środowiskowej (proekologicznej) w przedsiębiorstwie.Słowa kluczowe: przedsiębiorstwo, ochrona środowiska, dynamika, strategia, proaktywność CORPORATE DYNAMIC APPROACH TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -A STRATEGIC APPROACHAbstract. The aim of the paper is to present the essence of the company's dynamic approach to environmental protection and its proactive environmental strategy -(PES). The main corporate approaches' to environmental protection are discussed: from reactive to proactive. The literature review of the essence of PES and author's proposal of the definition of PES were presented. It was indicated that PES is aligned with the prospector's strategy according to Miles and Snow, and that the companies using them are proactive in terms of legal, market and technology-related changes and crisis-resistant. The article indicates possible concepts and programs to guide the implementation of proactive environmental (pro-ecological) strategy in the enterprise.

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“…This subject is of particular interest since it is widely accepted that NGOs are among the main drivers leading firms to selfregulate and adopt a sustainable approach in their operations (e.g., Campbell 2007;Waddock 2008). However, the study of drivers and barriers of sustainable conduct has focused more on firms (e.g., Bansal 2005;Bansal and Roth 2000;Delgado-Ceballos et al 2012) than on NGOs.…”

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The Advocate’s Own Challenges to Behave in a Sustainable Way: An Institutional Analysis of Advocacy NGOs

2017

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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are increasingly important drivers for businesses' self-regulation to operate in a sustainable way. We shift the perspective on NGOs from focusing on their advocacy role to focusing on their accountability for having sustainable internal operations. In a multiple case analysis, we explore the question 'What are the drivers and barriers to sustainable conduct of NGOs that are sustainability advocates?' Drawing on institutional theory, we obtain novel insights into the legitimacy-seeking motivations for sustainable conduct in the specific context of advocacy NGOs. We found that, affected by its mission, (1) the cultural-cognitive drive is particularly high, with sustainable conduct as an internally 'taken-forgranted' behavior, followed by (2) the normative drivers, with the balance between perceived vulnerability of needing to 'walk the talk' and the sense of immunity due to lack of external scrutiny, and (3) there are hardly any regulative drivers. Furthermore, these organizations face idiosyncratic trade-offs when balancing investments in their advocacy missions with investments in sustainable operations, reflecting ethical dilemmas. In a broader sense, this research elucidates the way advocates cope in situations of institutional complexity, with conflicting institutional demands between their mission and role-model function.

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The Effect of Internal Barriers on the Connection Between Stakeholder Integration and Proactive Environmental Strategies

Cited by 117 publications

References 64 publications

How Is Environmental Proactivity Accomplished? Drivers and Barriers in Firms’ Pro-Environmental Change Process

How Is Environmental Proactivity Accomplished? Drivers and Barriers in Firms’ Pro-Environmental Change Process

Corporate dynamic approach to natural environment – a strategic approach

The Advocate’s Own Challenges to Behave in a Sustainable Way: An Institutional Analysis of Advocacy NGOs

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