The role of networks and sustainable intrapreneurship as interactive drivers catalyzing the adoption of sustainable innovation

Pellegrini, Chiara; Annunziata, Eleonora; Rizzi, Francesco; Frey, Marco

doi:10.1002/csr.1784

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“…Within this positivist paradigm, quantitative certainty is sought, rather than confidence from wider interpretive claims of human observation (Helms Mills & Mills, 2017;Lichterman, 2017). Certainty is a challenge in CSR, particularly the sustainability dimension, because it is complex and not well understood (Pellegrini, Annunziata, Rizzi, & Frey, 2019). Organisational culture (OC), incorporates complex, multiple realities, in addition to the economic reality (Bencherki, Basque, & Rouleau, 2019;Sackmann & Phillips, 2004); therefore, OC is utilised in this research.…”

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Sustainability – A key to Australian finance directors improving their organisation's CSR culture

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Stewart

2019

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Sustainability, as one of six (economic, ethical, social, stakeholder, sustainability, and discretionary) dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is frequently espoused in large finance organisations' corporate reports. In this case study on finance board directors, conducted in the lead‐up to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (hereafter Commission), sustainability assumptions were not found to be a day‐to‐day consideration for the majority of directors. Directors' primary assumptions, their values‐in‐use, were finance first, followed by risk and defence. Finance, in terms of short‐term profitability, was considered before all espoused values such as customer centricity, integrity, trustworthiness, and professionalism. Within the study there were a small number of directors who did prioritise sustainability, which they closely integrated with the economic (finance) dimension. The additional prioritisation of sustainability led to better integration of the other CSR dimensions and a reduced difference between what is said (espoused) and done. While other CSR and finance studies have focused on “how much”, this study provides unique insights into the “why” of the finance industry's values‐in‐use preceding the 2018 to 2019 Commission which exposed some of the “what” and “when” of director behaviour.

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Sustainability – A key to Australian finance directors improving their organisation's CSR culture

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2019

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“…The tools employed to analyze the degree of eco-innovation on a business level include indicators or factors [25][26][27][28][29], some of which are related to the number of economic benefits for businesses, the level of collective efficiency and the environmental rules implemented. When analyzing the factors that drive eco-innovation, one of the most important factors considered is environmental regulations [30][31][32][33]. In Europe, for example, it has been a determining factor for the development of industries that manage natural resources [34]; previously, they were considered an imposition for companies, but the thinking has changed and today they are considered favorable when innovating, since they help companies to identify efficiency failures in their processes and are used as a tool to reduce default and production costs, improving competitiveness [35,36].…”

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Identifying Endogenous and Exogenous Indicators to Measure Eco-Innovation within Clusters

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Scientific and business environment literature shows that green, sustainable innovation or eco-innovation has proven to be a source of competitive advantage today. The industrial clusters, their dynamism, and the synergies created within them attract a lot of attention from the scientific community. However, to date, the joint study of these two concepts and, more specifically, the factors that drive eco-innovation specifically in a cluster, have not been studied in depth. This article models eco-innovation in industrial clusters, thus addressing this gap and proposing a model based on information gathered from the literature and a detailed analysis of behavior in relation to eco-innovation in different sectors. Results suggest that including eco-innovation variables and measures may have positive implications such as improvements at the strategic level and the reduction of costs and use of resources. An eco-innovation model for clusters is proposed. It considers eight key factors that seek to raise its competitive level by promoting eco-innovation within clusters. The model includes five internal factors that analyze business capabilities and three external factors that study the effect of launching eco-innovative activities. This model could help the companies’ managers and those responsible for clusters in creating more successful strategies to increase competitiveness by enhancing eco-innovation. It could also serve as a guide for government entities in the performance of eco-innovative activities in economic sectors.

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“…Another significant aspect of stakeholder engagement that is fundamental to SMEs' orientation towards sustainable value creation relates to networks (Aragon‐Correa et al, 2008; Pellegrini et al, 2019). Networks, in the form of strategic alliances and cross‐sector partnerships, can reduce the social and hypothetical (uncertainty) dimension of psychological distance (Moore & Manring, 2009).…”

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The psychological distance and construal level perspectives of sustainable value creation in SMEs

Mzembe

2020

Sustainable Development

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This article examines internal organizational factors and external antecedents of sustainable value creation by small medium enterprises (SMEs) and constructs a framework that integrates, at both levels, the theories of psychological distance and construal level from the field of psychology. This research provides an explanation as to why sustainable value creation remains a complex issue, and why many SMEs' engage with sustainable value creation to varying degrees. This paper particularly highlights how owner/managers of SME may construe different dimensions of psychological distance and apply their understanding to their response to different antecedents of sustainable value creation. Finally, by adopting the psychological distance perspective, this paper highlights the conditions under which internal and external organizational and factors can affect SMEs' propensity to create sustainable value. It further concludes by highlighting areas for further research.

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The role of networks and sustainable intrapreneurship as interactive drivers catalyzing the adoption of sustainable innovation

Cited by 29 publications

References 67 publications

Sustainability – A key to Australian finance directors improving their organisation's CSR culture

Sustainability – A key to Australian finance directors improving their organisation's CSR culture

Identifying Endogenous and Exogenous Indicators to Measure Eco-Innovation within Clusters

The psychological distance and construal level perspectives of sustainable value creation in SMEs

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