Business Strategy and the Environment

Papers
(The median citation count of Business Strategy and the Environment is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?515
Does environmental sustainability attract foreign investment? Evidence from developing countries514
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Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability335
Executive compensation and sustainable business practices: The moderating role of sustainability‐based compensation332
Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing: The case of babassu breaker women in Brazil286
Exploring antecedents of innovations for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises' environmental sustainability: An interpretative framework286
The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers280
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure278
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business266
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption253
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective246
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains218
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics216
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis209
Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”197
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence188
Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities187
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management186
Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices185
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling179
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain178
Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy172
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes171
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers166
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme161
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?157
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital154
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain152
Fuelling Organisational Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation Disruption: Performing to Be a Pioneer150
Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry147
Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Legitimacy: Analyzing Firm Performance Through Green Innovation and Technological Turbulence147
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Lean Service 5.0 in Dairy Production: An Empirical Evaluation From the Perspective of the Sociotechnical and Circular Economy Approach141
Blockchain‐based recycling and its impact on recycling performance: A network theory perspective138
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?134
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go133
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model129
Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research128
Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence128
Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation127
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality127
The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability124
Board Supervision Capability and Sustainability Report Disclosure Quality: Evidence From Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in Taiwan's Construction Industry124
Corporate Anti‐Corruption Disclosure and Corporate Sustainability Performance in the United Kingdom: Does Sustainability Governance Matter?123
Towards sustainability: An environmental strategy choice, environmental performance, and the moderating role of stakeholder pressure119
Does Older Mean Better? Analyses of Boards' Influence on Sustainability Performance117
Tensions in the strategic integration of corporate sustainability through global standards: Evidence from Japan and South Korea117
Will more multinational corporations inflow approach closer toward carbon neutrality? Novel propensity score matching‐difference‐in‐difference evidence across 35 developing countries114
Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors111
Framing the evolution of the “environmental strategy” concept: Exploring a key construct for the environmental policy agenda108
Essential innovation capability of producer‐service enterprises towards circular business model: Motivators and barriers106
The impact of environmental investments on green innovation: An integration of factors that increase or decrease uncertainty104
Applying circular business models in the Chilean construction sector: A system dynamics perspective103
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms102
Navigating Sustainability Practice in Publicly Listed Family Firms: The U‐Shaped Impact of Family Ownership and the Moderating Role of MBA Leadership102
Does corruption sand the wheels of sustainable development? Evidence through green innovation102
The relevance of non‐financial disclosure in influencing the cost of capital: Empirical evidence from the agri‐food sector100
Tracing the Paths to Sustainable Production and Consumption Through Indigenous Directors, Environmental Innovation, and Sustainability Committees100
Institutional Logics and Stakeholder Stances on Sustainability Reporting Regulation. Insights From the European Union Public Consultation100
How does green human resource management contribute to saving the environment? Evidence of emerging market manufacturing firms97
The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability97
Luxury hotels' green practices and consumer brand identification: The roles of perceived green service innovation and perceived values97
Circular economy business models as pillars of sustainability: Where are we now, and where are we heading?96
The perfect combination to win the competition: Bringing sustainability and customer experience together95
A framework for digital supply chains in the era of circular economy: Implications on environmental sustainability94
Interpreting stakeholder ecosystems through relational stakeholder theory: The case of a highly contested megaproject94
Advertising strategies and sustainable development: The effects of green advertising appeals and subjective busyness on green purchase intention91
Developing dynamic capabilities for the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in Italy: A natural‐resource‐based view91
A good name is rather to be chosen: The impact of CEO reputation incentives on corporate green innovation91
Navigating value networks to co‐create sustainable business models: An actionable staging approach91
Sustainability trade‐offs in the circular economy: A maturity‐based framework90
Reviewing the applications of artificial intelligence in sustainable supply chains: Exploring research propositions for future directions89
Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management88
Exploring potential diffusion pathways of biorefinery innovations—An agent‐based simulation approach for facilitating shared value creation88
Biodiversity reporting by United Kingdom (UK)‐listed companies: A review of extent, content and readability of disclosures87
Climate change commitment, credit risk and the country's environmental performance: Empirical evidence from a sample of international banks87
Beyond ethics: The transformational power of overlapping motivations in implementing strategic sustainability actions86
Sustainable by Ideology? The Influence of CEO Political Ideology and Ivy League Education on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance85
Does intrinsic motivation or extrinsic pressure matter more? An exploratory study of small businesses going green and innovation84
Emission targeting and carbon emissions: The moderating effect of female directors84
Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation83
Fostering circular economy in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of social capital, adaptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and a pro‐sustainable environment82
Industry 4.0, innovation, and sustainable development: A systematic review and a roadmap to sustainable innovation81
Analysis of barriers affecting circular economy adoption in food supply chain: A strategic perspective81
Critical network factors for eco‐innovation in manufacturing: A Delphi study from a triple helix perspective81
Effective environmental strategy or illusory tactics? Corporate greenwashing and innovation willingness81
Predicting the value‐based determinants of sustainable luxury consumption: A multi‐analytical approach and pathway to sustainable development in the luxury industry81
Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries80
How can firms access bank finance for circular business model innovation?80
Analysing corporate forest disclosure: How does business value biodiversity?79
Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?79
Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency77
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How Companies Move to Circularity: Internal Reorganizing and Adjustment of External Collaboration74
How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function73
The Greyer the Greener: CEO Age and Green Innovation73
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Environmental Reporting and Financial Performance: Evidence From the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries71
CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence71
ESG Performance and Dividend Payout: The Moderating Role of ESG Controversies and Legal Systems71
Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource‐Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments71
Carbon Emissions, Firm‐Level Climate Change Exposure, and Corporate Cash Reserves71
From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy70
The Dual Growth‐Value Transfer Nexus: Sustaining Corporate Performance Among Hidden Champions to Achieve Sustainable Growth70
Sustainability Reporting Assurance in Italian Listed Companies: Understanding the Role of CEO Characteristics70
Circular Economy Outcomes in Banks: The Role of Environmental Strategy, Women, and the Sustainability Committee70
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Does mandating ESG reporting reduce ESG decoupling? Evidence from the European Union's Directive 2014/9569
Measuring corporate sustainability in its multidimensionality: A formative approach to integrate ESG and triple bottom line approaches69
A matter of alignment? Effects of product types and environmental claim framing on consumer evaluation of sustainable foods69
Corporate corruption, business strategy and sustainable environment68
When and How does in‐role pro‐environmental behavior spill over to extra‐role behavior: Two experimental studies in the retail and education industries68
Carbon disclosure policy, external financing needs and the cost of capital: Does financial market quality matter?67
Sustainable HRM Impact on Employees' Behaviors Through Workplace Spirituality67
Beyond technique: The role of the multidimensional nature of energy accounting in shaping a better world67
What motivates environmental and social sustainability in family firms? A cross‐cultural survey66
Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?66
Between Substance and Symbolism: How Resources and Organizational Facades Interact in Voluntary Climate Commitments65
Green innovation in emerging economies: The role of managerial ties and market learning65
Can proactive boundary‐spanning search enhance green innovation? The mediating role of organizational resilience65
An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models65
Harmony in flux: Unraveling the green innovation with organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and the jazz of organizational improvisation65
Circular economy and environmental disclosure in sustainability reports: Empirical evidence in cosmetic companies64
Entrepreneurial practices and the constitution of environmental value for sustainability64
A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions63
Top‐management compensation and environmental innovation strategy61
The Role of Carbon Trading in Enhancing Enterprise Green Productivity and ESG Performance: A Quasi‐Natural Evidence From China61
Does green brand positioning translate into green purchase intention?: A mediation–moderation model60
The climate resilience cycle: Using scenario analysis to inform climate‐resilient business strategies60
Carbon emissions trading and corporate green investment: The perspective of external pressure and internal incentive60
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Smart, sustainable, and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context59
Sustainable business models and organizational boundaries—A literature review59
Corporate business strategy, CEO's managerial ability, and environmental disclosure: The perspective of stakeholder theory59
Circular business model experimentation capabilities—A case study approach59
Business research for sustainable development: How does sustainable business model research reflect doughnut economics?58
Mainstreaming innovative circular economy solutions—A comparative study between entrepreneurs in developed versus emerging markets and developing economies58
Sharing is caring for the environment: But why would managers resist shared mobility?58
Digitalization and prevention of corruption: Opportunities and risks—Some evidence from the Italian university system57
Knowledge and innovation management in agribusiness: A study in the Dominican Republic57
Enhancing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: Relationships among green innovative capability, green relational capability, and co‐innovation behavior57
Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes57
Capabilities and organisational dimensions conducive to green product innovation: Evidence from Croatian and Spanish manufacturing firms56
Correction to “Determinants of Firms' Initiative and Inertia in Pursuing Climate Neutrality Strategies—Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Evidence”56
How does green intellectual capital boost performance? The mediating role of environmental performance measurement systems56
Gender Diversity Leadership and ESG Performance: The Influence of Women on Boards and in Management56
Measuring sustainable transformation of small and medium‐sized enterprises using management systems standards55
Examining the interaction of sustainable innovation activity and the life cycle of small high‐tech enterprises55
Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy55
Do financial constraints lead to environmental, social and governance controversies? The role of country context55
Executive Green Cognition on Corporate Greenwashing Behavior: Evidence From A‐Share Listed Companies in China54
The real effects of ESG reporting and GRI standards on carbon mitigation: International evidence54
Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable agri‐logistics sector: A Bayesian‐based group decision‐making approach54
Stock market reaction to mandatory sustainability reporting: Does carbon‐intensity and environmental, social, and governance reputation matter?54
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Sustainability frontiers of strategic risk management and firm survival: The Altman score effectiveness. A bibliometric analysis53
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Do Corporate Governance Mechanisms Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions? Some Empirical Evidence on Listed Companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan53
Carbon Performance and Executive Compensation: The Moderating Role of Governance52
Utilising Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Firm Circular Economy Maturity: A Thematic Review via Machine Learning52
The Generativity Mindsets of Corporations: A New Perspective on Ecological Responsiveness52
Climate Change, Innovation Efficiency, and Shareholder Wealth: Insights From the Paris Agreement52
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Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data51
Does resource bricolage foster SMEs' competitive advantage and financial performance? A resource‐based perspective51
Interrogating the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Sustainable Entrepreneurship51
Carbon reporting regulation: Real effects, external pressures, and internal policies50
Building blockchain‐driven dynamic capabilities for developing circular supply chain: Rethinking the role of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring50
Green consumerism, green perceived value, and restaurant revisit intention: Millennials' sustainable consumption with moderating effect of green perceived quality50
Environmental collaboration, responsible innovation, and firm performance: The moderating role of stakeholder pressure50
Circular Economy Adoption in Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From Germany50
Towards a circular economy: Implications for emission reduction and environmental sustainability49
Will China's Carbon Emission Trading Regulation Really Decrease the Green Investment of Firms? A Microperspective on Corporate Governance49
The role of social capital, resilience, and network complexity in attaining supply chain sustainability49
Do corporate sustainability initiatives improve corporate carbon performance? Evidence from European firms48
Closing the loop through eco‐innovation by European firms: Circular economy for sustainable development47
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Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China47
Sustainable entrepreneurship support programs in nature‐protected areas: How universities third mission aids sustainability transitions47
Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis47
Advancing Sustainable Development Through Environmental Performance Monitoring: The Organisational Life Cycle Assessment47
Dynamic capabilities for sustainability: Toward a typology based on dimensions of sustainability‐oriented innovation and stakeholder integration46
Impacts of industrialization, renewable energy and urbanization on the global ecological footprint: A quantile regression approach46
Trends in the dynamic evolution of blockchain and circular economy: A literature review and bibliometric analysis46
How emotions and green altruism explain consumer purchase intention toward circular economy products: A multi‐group analysis on willingness to be environmentally friendly46
CEO foreign experience and corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance46
A framework of digital technologies for the circular economy: Digital functions and mechanisms46
Achieving sustainable development with sustainable packaging: A natural‐resource‐based view perspective46
Green manufacturing for sustainable development: The positive effects of green activities, green investments, and non‐green products on economic performance45
Open Innovation for sustainable transition: The case of Enel “Open Power”45
Conceptualising active management of paradoxical tensions in corporate sustainability: A systematic literature review45
What drives and curbs brownwashing?44
Digitalization for circular economy and operational excellence practices: A paradox theory perspective on performance improvement in manufacturing firms44
Identification of Barriers and Driving Forces for Circular Economy (CE) Implementation in Water and Wastewater Companies44
Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration44
‘I wanna be sustainable, but I don't wanna show it!’: The effect of sustainability cues on young adult consumers' preferences44
Stakeholder pressure, green innovation, and performance in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of green dynamic capabilities44
Interactive effects of brand reputation and ESG on green bond issues: A sustainable development perspective44
Sustainable Energy Provision at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Blueprint for Early Repurposing Business Models Using Second‐Life Batteries43
Credit Risk Assessment From a Strategic Sustainability Perspective: The Case of the Nordic Banking Sector43
Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture43
Circular business model implementation: A capability development case study from the manufacturing industry43
The impact of chief executive officer narcissism on environmental, social, and governance reporting43
Enhancing Technological and Green Innovation Through Digital Leapfrogging in Manufacturing43
Just Do It! Performance Feedback on Green Innovation and Postmergers' and Acquisitions' Green Innovation Performance: Evidence From Emerging Economy Firms43
Addressing the Drivers and Concerns Towards Agri‐Food Strategy: Prioritizing Environmental Management Business Models43
Optimizing Sustainable Resource Efficiency: A Fuzzy‐Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Practices in SMEs43
The added value and differentiation among ESG investment strategies in stock markets43
Does National Innovation Layout Spur Eco‐Innovation? The Upper Echelon's Role43
Leveraging Green Innovation and Eco‐Technology for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Firm‐Level Productivity Analysis in China and the United States43
The influence of governance structure on the relationship between pay ratio and environmental and social performance43
Fostering firm value: Unpacking the effect of circular economy disclosure via social media43
Dynamic Capabilities and Microfoundations to Overcome Barriers to Circular Economy Implementation43
Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?42
Stakeholder attention and ambidextrous green innovation: Evidence from China42
Industry 4.0 adoption and eco‐product innovation capability—Understanding the role of supply chain integration42
Why corporate sustainability initiatives fail to reduce deforestation and what to do about it42
Circular economy‐based new products and company performance: The role of stakeholders and Industry 4.0 technologies42
Green human resource management and environmental performance: The role of green innovation and environmental strategy in a developing country42
Strategic orientations and responsible innovation in SMEs: The moderating effects of environmental turbulence42
The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups42
Sustainable development and environmental ingenuities: The influence of collaborative arrangements on environmental performance42
Food supplier sorting model for strategic supply chain sustainable development42
Analyzing coordination strategy of circular supply chain in re‐commerce industry: A game theoretic approach41
When Do Environmental Regulations Lead to Green Practices? The Role of Resource Commitment and Corporate Entrepreneurship41
Sustainable production: The economic returns of circular economy practices41
Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields41
Accomplishing sustainable performance through leaders' competencies, green entrepreneurial orientation, and innovation in an emerging economy: Moderating role of institutional support41
Blockchain technology enabled critical success factors for supply chain resilience and sustainability41
An examination of UK companies' modern slavery disclosure practices: Does board gender diversity matter?40
Diversity Breeds Strength: CEO Functional Experience Diversity and Corporate ESG Performance40
Can innovation affect the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance issues and financial performance? Empirical evidence from the STOXX200 index40
Navigating the Green Path: Strategies for Enhancing Organizational Citizenship Behavior for the Environment Through Green HRM Practices40
Digitalisation and environmental management activities: The effects of family ownership`40
Can low‐carbon development force enterprises to make digital transformation?40
Accounting for Renewable Energy: Investigating Emerging Topics and Research Pathways40
Corporate sustainability and performance: An efficiency perspective40
Boosting green innovation on corporate performance: Managerial environmental concern's moderating role40
Untangling business model outcomes, impacts and value40
The Impact of Blockchain Technology on Firms' Environmental Innovation: A Technological Push Perspective40
Circular economy business models as progressive business models: Evidence from circular start‐ups40
Unlocking Circular Potential and Empowering Circularity: Paving the Path for Circular Supply Chain Enablement in Indian Textile Industries40
How does board interlock network matter for sustainability? A social learning approach to corporate environmental performance39
Exploring sustainable development goals adoption in supply chain management: A typology of coexisting institutional logics39
Blockchain technology and environmental efficiency: Evidence from US‐listed firms39
Stakeholder Green Pressure and Enviropreneurial Marketing: Insights From Japanese SMEs39
Why Context Matters in Industrial Energy Efficiency: A Framework for Electric Motor Systems39
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