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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Igor Ceratti Treptow, Jordana Marques Kneipp, Clandia Maffini Gomes, Isak Kruglianskas, Rodrigo Reis Favarin, Carlos Maria Fernandez-Jardon
Summary: This study analyzes how innovations in the business model contribute to creating sustainable value in construction companies. The results reveal that companies implement practices that enhance their reputation and contribute to the environment, while securing economic benefits.
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Social Issues
Peng Xu, Xiaomei Xu, Guiyu Bai
Summary: This study analyzes the influence of corporate environmental responsibility on innovation legitimacy using data from Chinese listed companies. The results show that corporate environmental responsibility has a positive impact on innovation legitimacy, with CEO's tenure serving as a mediator. Moreover, the study finds that CEO's tenure reinforces the positive effect of corporate environmental responsibility on innovation legitimacy.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2022)
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Business
Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
Summary: Corporate sustainability reporting quantitatively and qualitatively reflects the progress of enterprises towards sustainability, but measuring the economic contribution of firms in achieving the SDGs remains a pending issue. This research aims to bridge this gap by devising a new system that monetizes the impacts of Spanish companies in the fulfillment of the SDGs.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Jocelyn Fraser
Summary: Research suggests that if mining companies address shared issues with communities, such as water supply, more sustainable outcomes may be achieved. Factors such as water scarcity, climate change, and competition with communities contribute to tensions between mining companies and communities.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuxiang Zheng, Qin Zhang
Summary: This article empirically examines the impact of corporate digital transformation on green technology innovation capability. The study finds that digital transformation can enhance enterprises' green technology innovation ability, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Improving corporate social responsibility can strengthen the green technology innovation capability of enterprises, while heavy polluting firms lack the ability to innovate using green technologies due to transformation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Business
Olivia Aronson, Irene Henriques
Summary: This paper discusses how to optimize shared value creation and promote intersubjective agreement in a ambiguous corporate social responsibility (CSR) environment. By aligning the level of CSR environmental equivocality, adopting a corporate entrepreneurship strategy that encourages experimentation, and facilitating stakeholder engagement in information gathering and dissemination, organizations can reduce the ambiguity of CSR environment and determine an effective CSR strategy.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jie Liu, Wei Yang, Lei Cong
Summary: With growing awareness of the negative environmental impacts of agricultural production intensification, green purchase behavior has emerged in the agri-food sector. The sector meets consumers' demand for green products by implementing social responsibility practices or using green marketing strategies. Value co-creation, regarded as an innovative strategy, incorporates consumer ideas and addresses their needs. Corporate social responsibility influences green purchase behavior by encouraging consumer engagement in value co-creation, with food safety concerns playing a positive moderating role.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Business
Ye Sang, Eunkyoung Han
Summary: The present study aims to develop and validate a multidimensional evaluation standard for customers' participation in corporate social responsibility value co-creation. Through a Delphi study and questionnaire survey, a 28-item evaluation scale based on five factors was obtained, and the nomological validity of the scale was verified.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yanni Liu, Yufen Chen, Yi Ren, Bixia Jin
Summary: Drawing on social capital and stakeholder theories, this study explores the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on technological innovation performance, with a focus on the mediating role of corporate social capital (CSC) and the moderating effect of market competition intensity. Findings suggest that CSR has an inverted U-shaped impact on technological innovation performance, with a critical threshold for optimal effect; CSC mediates the relationship between CSR and technological innovation performance, while market competition intensity moderates this relationship. The study also highlights the importance of environmental CSR in promoting sustainable technological innovation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chunlian Zhang, Danni Chen
Summary: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has become a buzzword in investment circles, and our study explores the impact of ESG scores on corporate green innovation using Chinese listed A-shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2010-2019. We find that higher ESG evaluation positively affects firms' green innovation performance, and this contribution is achieved through improving corporate investment efficiency and government-enterprise relations. Our research emphasizes the importance of corporate participation in ESG practices for achieving win-win environmental, social, and economic results and provides empirical references for promoting corporate green development and improving the ESG evaluation system.
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Business, Finance
Xiaojuan Wu, Dana Dluhosova, Zdenek Zmeskal
Summary: The moderating role of corporate life cycle stages in the relationship between relative economic value added (EVA) indicator and corporate social responsibility participation index (CSRPI) was investigated in Chinese A-share listed companies. The CSRPI weights were determined using Analytic Network Process, and fractional regression with interaction was utilized. The study found that corporate life cycle stages moderate the impact of relative EVA measure on CSRPI, with the effect being significant for non-mature companies but not for mature companies. The robustness of the model type, weights, and corporate life cycle were also validated. These findings have important implications for stakeholders in understanding companies' social behavior in the Chinese market.
EMERGING MARKETS REVIEW
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aydin Aslan, Lars Poppe, Peter Posch
Summary: The study found that firms with high ESG performance have significantly lower probability of corporate credit default, and this relationship varies over time. The research suggests that ESG may be influenced by financial and regulatory shocks. Additionally, the energy sector is most affected by ESG in terms of the probability of corporate credit default.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
A. Coppola, M. Cozzi, S. Romano, M. Viccaro
Summary: This study examines the relationship between CSR and innovation and finds a positive correlation between the implementation of CSR dimensions and innovation projects. Specific social responsibility strategies and initiatives aimed at collective and territorial interests have the greatest effect on innovation, while more diversified CSR strategies that combine social and environmental actions also have a significant impact. This highlights the synergistic effect of different CSR practices in fostering innovation.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xin Jin, Xue Lei
Summary: With the deepening of sustainable development concept, there is a growing attention on how enterprises can achieve value co-creation for multiple stakeholders through corporate innovation. ESG is a new concept that focuses on achieving sustainable development in terms of environment, society, and corporate governance. However, there is still limited research on reshaping enterprise innovation processes based on the sustainability concept and generating competitive value for corporate value. This study empirically tested the impact of corporate ESG on corporate value using the listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen A-shares main board from 2010 to 2020. The results showed that corporate ESG and its three sub-dimensions significantly enhance corporate value and innovation level.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yi Feng, Ya Liu
Summary: Based on the upper echelon theory and the contingency theory, this paper empirically studies the relationship between industry life cycle, CEO functional background, and corporate sustainable development using a sample of China's A-share listed companies from 1993 to 2019. The research findings show that matching a CEO's functional background with the industry life cycle can stimulate corporate sustainable development, especially in the growth stage of the industry. Furthermore, the effect of this matching relationship differs for different ownership enterprises. This research contributes to the understanding of the upper echelon theory, the contingency theory, and corporate sustainable development.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marco Lerro, Maria Raimondo, Marcello Stanco, Concetta Nazzaro, Giuseppe Marotta
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Concetta Nazzaro, Marco Lerro, Marcello Stanco, Giuseppe Marotta
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2019)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marcello Stanco, Marco Lerro, Giuseppe Marotta
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Anna Uliano, Marcello Stanco, Marco Lerro, Giuseppe Marotta, Concetta Nazzaro
Summary: This study investigates the reasons behind the lack of recognition for the value created by social farming, analyzing consumer willingness to pay for such products and factors impacting purchasing behavior. Findings show that education level, household size, and ethical self-identity play a significant role in supporting social farming activities through paying a price premium for its products, while the main limitations for purchase are the lack of availability and information about social farming products.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Stefano Ciliberti, Marcello Stanco, Angelo Frascarelli, Giuseppe Marotta, Gaetano Martino, Concetta Nazzaro
Summary: This paper explores the impact of sustainability strategies on the design of contracts and their consequences through a study of contractual relationships between Italian semolina and pasta producers and farmers. The findings suggest that different sustainability strategies lead to different contract designs and incentives, with buyers having greater control over farmers in terms of decision-making and investments. The study highlights the need to consider the socio-economic implications of this shift in control rights and emphasizes the importance of aligning with the farm to fork strategy and sustainable development goals.
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Management
Antonio Paparella, Marcello Stanco, Marco Lerro
QUALITY-ACCESS TO SUCCESS
(2020)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Marcello Stanco, Marco Lerro, Giuseppe Marotta, Concetta Nazzaro
STUDIES IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2019)