Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Evangelos Katsamakas, J. Manuel Sanchez-Cartas
Summary: Environmental and social initiatives (ESG) in firms have attracted business interest, but the link between ESG investment and firm performance is unclear. A computational model is developed to clarify the competitive effects of ESG, showing that it intensifies competition when it has additional effects beyond attracting consumers. However, ESG can lead to winner-take-all dynamics and firms can strategically reduce ESG investments to soften competition. This research explains the strategic impact of ESG investments and under what conditions firms can benefit from doing good in a competitive setting.
Article
Business
Rita Vilke, Zivile Gedminaite-Raudone, Tomas Balezentis, Dalia Streimikiene
Summary: This study aims to reveal farmers' awareness of environmental responsibility in terms of eco-efficiency and cleaner production in post-soviet bloc countries. The results show that Lithuanian farmers consider eco-efficiency and cleaner production characteristics important factors in purchasing farm equipment and machinery, among other environmental responsibility characteristics. The research also identifies gaps in environmental responsibility among Lithuanian farmers and proposes relevant policy implications.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
SangRyeong Lee, Jin-Woo Park, Sukhoon Chung
Summary: The study found that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities at Incheon International Airport have a positive impact on its reputation, enhancing customer perceptions and strengthening the importance of sustainability. This demonstrates the significance and role of CSR within the airport industry in Korea.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hee-Kyung Koh, Regina Burnasheva, Yong Gu Suh
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of consumers' perceptions of environmental, social, and governance initiatives on attitude, and the mediating role of brand credibility, brand image, and perceived quality. An online survey with 458 South Korean consumers was conducted and data were analyzed using the PLS-SEM technique. The results indicate that the social and governance dimensions of perceived ESG have a direct positive effect on brand credibility, brand image, and perceived quality. However, the environmental dimension of perceived ESG does not have a direct impact on brand-related constructs. Additionally, brand credibility, brand image, and perceived quality partially mediate the relationship between perceived ESG and attitude. The findings provide implications and future research directions.
Article
Business
Veronica Tibiletti, Pier Luigi Marchini, Katia Furlotti, Alice Medioli
Summary: This study examines the impact of corporate governance on CSR disclosure. The findings suggest that companies with larger boards of directors are less likely to adhere to practices involving stakeholders, while companies with more independent directors tend to have higher levels of stakeholder protection.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Joao Henrique Pauline Pires Eustrachio, Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana, Walter Leal Filho
Summary: Sustainability leadership is a complex and relevant phenomenon that can contribute to different types of organizations in becoming more sustainability-oriented. While there has been an increase in publications on this topic, it has also created complexity, dispersed literature, and a lack of full understanding of the research avenues in sustainability leadership. This study aims to address these issues by exploring the evolution of sustainability leadership, the research streams in the field, and the connection between leadership theories/styles and sustainable development/corporate social responsibility.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Preechaya Chavalittumrong, Mark Speece
Summary: This study examines the impact of full three-pillar sustainability (environmental, social, economic) on brand image among consumers in Thailand. The findings suggest that consumers have a certain level of recognition for companies' sustainability, but they do not always accurately translate it into brand image.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Saveena Patara, Rumina Dhalla
Summary: This study examined the methodologies of corporate sustainability ranking lists and found strong variances in the ranking methodologies, as well as inconsistencies in the understanding and application of sustainability, raising doubts about the value of ranking lists as meaningful sustainability reporting tools (SRTs).
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ana Fonseca, Isabel Abreu, Winston Jeronimo Silvestre
Summary: This research identified 19 context factors relevant for corporate sustainability integration processes through literature review and quantitative research. It found that Commitment, Engagement, Information, Communication and Trust are perceived as the most important factors. The results also suggest that these factors are more important for small and medium sized companies and companies located in countries with lower GDP.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Business
Edward Fosu, Kaigang Yi, Deborah Asiedu
Summary: This study examines the influence of CSR on corporate social performance and explores the contingent factors that affect their relationship. The results show that CSR activities relate to corporate social performance through corporate image and green innovation. The study contributes conceptually and practically to the understanding of CSR developments and their generalizability.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Umair Khan, Weili Liu
Summary: This research focuses on the ownership structure and its impact on corporate performance in state-owned companies in Pakistan, with the mediating role of corporate sustainability. The study examines organizational governance, agency problems, and CEO ownership. The findings suggest that ownership structure has a significant impact on corporate, innovative, and environmental performance, and emphasize the importance of CEO responsibilities in improving company performance. The research recommends CEOs and top managers to use their financial resources efficiently to gain competitive advantage.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Benedict Sheehy, Federica Farneti
Summary: CSR is the best term for focusing on individual business organizations, corporate sustainability is an organization level environmental policy, sustainable development is a public policy, and sustainability encompasses global, local, and organizational levels.
Article
Economics
Asad Ali Rind, Wajih Abbassi, Manel Allaya, Amira Hammouda
Summary: This study examines the influence of firms' geographical location on their behavior and the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and product market competition. The findings suggest that firms with strong CSR do not mimic their local peers' fraudulent behavior, while firms operating in competitive industries imitate unethical behavior. The study also reveals that fraudulent peer effects are more prevalent in small firms, young firms, and those with low institutional ownership. Stakeholders should pay more attention to firms operating in areas where misconduct is widespread.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alberto J. Costa, Denise Curi, Ana Maria Bandeira, Augusta Ferreira, Brizida Tome, Carla Joaquim, Carlos Santos, Cristina Gois, Deolinda Meira, Graca Azevedo, Helena Inacio, Mafalda Jesus, Maria Goreti Teixeira, Patricia Monteiro, Ruben Duarte, Rui Pedro Marques
Summary: The concept of sustainable development has been introduced for many years, but there is still ambiguity regarding the definitions and concepts of corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The diversity of research from different fields has led to different interpretations of sustainability in academia and companies. Literature reviews are an important research method for managers to identify sustainability goals for their companies.
Review
Business
Gerard George, Martine R. Haas, Anita M. McGahan, Simon J. D. Schillebeeckx, Paul Tracey
Summary: Purpose is a concept frequently discussed in managerial communities to indicate and define a firm's focus on stakeholders beyond shareholders. While some evidence suggests that purpose is related to positive organizational outcomes such as growth, employee satisfaction, innovation, and stock market performance, the definition and application of purpose in management research is diverse and often unclear. This article reviews literature on purpose in for-profit firms and proposes a unified definition. It also presents a framework to study purpose that separates its framing and formalization within firms from its realization, avoiding the conflation of purpose with positive organizational outcomes. The framework highlights internal and external drivers of purpose framing and the influence of the institutional context on its adoption and effectiveness. Finally, the article provides a comprehensive agenda for future purpose research.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Marco Pichierri, Alessandro M. Peluso, Giovanni Pino, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: This research investigates the effectiveness of the four EU-authorized health claims for extra-virgin olive oil in terms of perceived text clarity, message credibility, information diagnosticity, and product attractiveness. Clearer health claims are perceived as more useful and may increase product attractiveness and consumers' purchase intention.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bing Yuan, Alessandro M. Peluso
Summary: This study found that economic word-of-mouth referrals generate higher purchase intentions in consumers with independent self-construal, while public welfare referrals have this effect on those with interdependent self-construal. Different types of self-construal activate distinct information processing systems, influencing consumers' reactions to word-of-mouth referrals.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Marco Pichierri, Alessandro M. Peluso, Giovanni Pino, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: This study examines the impact of text clarity on consumers' perceived healthiness and purchase intentions of EVOO, as well as the moderating role of arousal on the relationship between perceived healthiness and intentions. Clear text increased perceived healthiness of EVOO, with arousal moderating the effect on consumers' intentions, offering insights into how health claims are perceived and influence consumer behavior.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Business
Verdiana Chieffi, Marco Pichierri, Alessandro M. Peluso, Cristiana Collu, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: The study found that both subjective and objective knowledge about art positively influenced arts audiences' propensity for experience-sharing, with varying effects depending on cultural backgrounds. Subjective knowledge was found to have a more positive influence on experience-sharing for individuals from individualistic cultures, while objective knowledge was more important for those from collectivistic cultures.
ARTS AND THE MARKET
(2021)
Article
Business
Anders Hauge Wien, Alessandro M. Peluso
Summary: Research suggests that consumers prefer product recommendations from human recommenders over AI recommenders, particularly for hedonic products, due to stronger mentalizing responses elicited by human recommenders. However, humanizing AI recommenders can enhance their effectiveness for hedonic products by increasing mentalizing and self-referencing responses.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Business
Verdiana Chieffi, Marco Pichierri, Alessandro M. Peluso, Cristiana Collu, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: This study investigates the transmission of art-related aspects via word-of-mouth from a personality perspective. The findings indicate that extraversion is the only personality trait that increases word-of-mouth intention, and market mavenship also increases such an intention. The study's findings are important for arts managers to formulate segmentation strategies and for companies and institutions in the art industry to design communication strategies.
ARTS AND THE MARKET
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Alessandro M. Peluso, Giovanni Pino, Antonio Mileti
Summary: This study found that individuals show better evaluative responses towards multi-episode tour experiences when these experiences have an ascending hedonic trend. However, this tendency is reversed when individuals perceive time pressure.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Giovanni Pino, Giampaolo Viglia, Rajan Nataraajan, Alessandro M. Peluso, Marco Pichierri
Summary: This study found that negatively framed messages have a positive impact on company trustworthiness, which in turn influences consumers' intentions and behaviors. However, this effect only occurs when receivers are concerned about environmental issues and perceive the company as potentially harmful to the environment. These findings highlight the importance of using appropriate messaging strategies to build trust in environmentally responsible companies.
JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Social Issues
Andrea Sestino, Alessandro M. Peluso, Cesare Amatulli, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: This study investigates the roles of product intelligence, change seeking, and behavioral control in determining consumers' intention to use Artificial Intelligence-based self-driving cars. The experimental results with 343 respondents show that consumers might feel more in control when driving such cars, and such an increased sense of behavioral control is associated with an increased intention to use them. This effect is significant only among individuals with a greater change seeking tendency.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Business
Sixian Li, Alessandro M. Peluso, Jinyun Duan
Summary: Artificial intelligence has become a popular trend in the market, and research shows that consumers have less empathy towards AI telesellers, making them more likely to hang up on AI telesellers. Anthropomorphism plays a moderating role in this effect.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Business
Antonio Mileti, Luigi Piper, Cristian Rizzo, Gianluigi Guido, Alessandro M. Peluso, Maria Irene Prete, Salvatore Maggio
Summary: The research explores the impact of heterosexual orientation on men's product choices in different consumption contexts and confirms the existence of a "pink bias" that leads to avoidance of pink-colored products due to gender-related prejudice. The findings demonstrate that men tend to avoid consuming pink-colored products, especially in public circumstances, as it may lead to exposure of their sexual orientation and association with femininity. However, pink-colored products may find success among heterosexual males if exclusively used in private settings.
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL FASHION MARKETING
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Bing Yuan, Alessandro M. Peluso
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on tourists' intention to travel, especially to foreign destinations. Previous studies have not investigated the influence of belief in karma. This research is the first to examine the impact of this cultural factor on tourists' post-pandemic intention to travel abroad. A survey of 1,586 Chinese respondents showed that a stronger belief in karma is associated with a decreased intention to travel abroad, and this is mediated by pandemic-related anxiety towards travel. Our findings have theoretical and managerial implications.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Business
Jinyun Duan, Alessandro M. Peluso, Linhan Yu, Massimo Pilati
Summary: This study examines the impact of employees' need for status on their responses to permanent and temporary employment relationships. It finds that temporary employees with higher status needs show higher levels of vigor, which in turn motivates them to work better and speak up more. A survey study in China provides support for these findings and discusses their theoretical and practical implications.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Alessandro M. Peluso, Marco Pichierri
Summary: The tourism industry is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the global spread of COVID-19. Research shows that socio-demographic variables can impact individuals' sense of control and vacation intention, with older respondents and those in poorer health conditions showing less intention to vacation after the pandemic.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Giovanni Pino, Alessandro M. Peluso, Marco Pichierri, Cristiana Collu, Gianluigi Guido
Summary: The study found that using a positively-framed green marketing message may harm the gallery's perceived reputation, but reputation has a positive impact on the intention to spread positive word of mouth about the organization. Importantly, the effect of message framing on reputation is only significant for recipients who are less concerned about the environment.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2021)
