Business Strategy and the Environment

Papers
(The TQCC of Business Strategy and the Environment is 22. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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Leading Regenerative Transformation: Cognitive Frame Characteristics Shaping Leaders' Approaches to Organizational Development617
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence609
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption407
Communication Strategies in Hospitality: A Study on Michelin Green Star Sustainable Restaurants355
Females on Board, Stakeholder Orientation, and ESG Disclosure: An Evidence From the Tourism and Transportation Industries304
What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?288
Corporate Governance and Sustainability Disclosure: Challenges and Opportunities for the Libyan Audit Bureau in the Oil Sector284
Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry259
A Proposed Circular Economy Readiness Framework for the Rail Sector, A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework257
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Lean Service 5.0 in Dairy Production: An Empirical Evaluation From the Perspective of the Sociotechnical and Circular Economy Approach220
Fuelling Organisational Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation Disruption: Performing to Be a Pioneer213
Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities205
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Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices191
How Does Government Supervision Affect Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Attention Allocation and Political Connections191
Building Regenerative Supply Chains: A Qualitative Study of SMEs in the Agro‐Food Chains183
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management180
Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability178
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling174
Culturally Responsive AI: Integrating Hofstede's Cultural Model in AI‐Driven ESG Strategies173
Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing: The case of babassu breaker women in Brazil172
Antecedents and Moderators for Creating Shared Value in Startups169
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme160
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?159
Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy159
Shared Leadership Between Public and Private Leaders in Sustainable Ecosystems157
Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research154
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business148
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality148
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective144
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain143
Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation141
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain139
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains139
Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”138
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics136
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure123
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital122
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model121
Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence120
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers120
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Sustainability Performance—A Meta‐Analysis118
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go117
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes115
Exploring antecedents of innovations for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises' environmental sustainability: An interpretative framework114
Blockchain‐based recycling and its impact on recycling performance: A network theory perspective113
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis113
The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers113
Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Legitimacy: Analyzing Firm Performance Through Green Innovation and Technological Turbulence112
Does environmental sustainability attract foreign investment? Evidence from developing countries109
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?109
Will more multinational corporations inflow approach closer toward carbon neutrality? Novel propensity score matching‐difference‐in‐difference evidence across 35 developing countries108
How Circular Economy Innovation Can Backfire on the Environment: Quantifying the Rebound Effect of the Textiles and Clothing Sector106
Carbon‐Cutting Chess: Strategizing Resilient Low‐Carbon Investments for Supply Chains103
Pathway to Entrepreneurial Success Through Green Entrepreneurial Orientation and Environmental Dynamism102
Navigating value networks to co‐create sustainable business models: An actionable staging approach101
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The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability101
Does Older Mean Better? Analyses of Boards' Influence on Sustainability Performance101
Effectiveness of Green Public Procurement in Stimulating Green Products and Resource Efficiency in SMEs: Empirical Analysis of the EU Industries100
From Smart Factories to Sustainable Enterprises: How Technological Innovation Bridges Intelligent Manufacturing and ESG Outcomes?99
Navigating Sustainability Practice in Publicly Listed Family Firms: The U‐Shaped Impact of Family Ownership and the Moderating Role of MBA Leadership98
The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability98
Board Supervision Capability and Sustainability Report Disclosure Quality: Evidence From Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in Taiwan's Construction Industry96
What Role Do Scope 3 Emissions Play in the Carbon Financial Performance Context? Evidence From Disentangling of Scopes 1, 2, and 3 Emission Performance Within the Science‐Based Targets Initiative Sett95
How does green human resource management contribute to saving the environment? Evidence of emerging market manufacturing firms95
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms95
Corporate Digital Responsibility and Environmental Outcomes in Services: Mediating Effects of ESG Performance and Green Reputation, and the Moderating Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth95
Regulation Through Revelation: The Effect of Pollution Monitoring on Labour Demand95
Digital Leadership Capability and Environmental Performance: The Role of Digital Technology Alignment and Digital Innovation94
Institutional Logics and Stakeholder Stances on Sustainability Reporting Regulation. Insights From the European Union Public Consultation94
Circular Economy: A Pathway to Integrated Value Creation for Business and Society94
Interpreting stakeholder ecosystems through relational stakeholder theory: The case of a highly contested megaproject93
Circular economy business models as pillars of sustainability: Where are we now, and where are we heading?93
Circular Economy Disclosure and ESG Performance: Signal, Substance, or Symbol?91
The Impact of ESG Ratings on Financial Performance: Evidence From Developing Economies89
Exploring Heterogeneous Forms of SDG Washing in the Strategic Integration of Sustainability88
Towards sustainability: An environmental strategy choice, environmental performance, and the moderating role of stakeholder pressure87
The perfect combination to win the competition: Bringing sustainability and customer experience together86
Framing the evolution of the “environmental strategy” concept: Exploring a key construct for the environmental policy agenda86
Tracing the Paths to Sustainable Production and Consumption Through Indigenous Directors, Environmental Innovation, and Sustainability Committees85
Sustainability trade‐offs in the circular economy: A maturity‐based framework84
Essential innovation capability of producer‐service enterprises towards circular business model: Motivators and barriers84
The impact of environmental investments on green innovation: An integration of factors that increase or decrease uncertainty84
Luxury hotels' green practices and consumer brand identification: The roles of perceived green service innovation and perceived values84
Developing dynamic capabilities for the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in Italy: A natural‐resource‐based view84
Applying circular business models in the Chilean construction sector: A system dynamics perspective83
Greening Under Pressure: Climate Change Exposure and Eco‐Innovation82
Geopolitical Risk, Market Indices, and ESG Performance During Crises82
Corporate Anti‐Corruption Disclosure and Corporate Sustainability Performance in the United Kingdom: Does Sustainability Governance Matter?82
Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors81
A good name is rather to be chosen: The impact of CEO reputation incentives on corporate green innovation81
The relevance of non‐financial disclosure in influencing the cost of capital: Empirical evidence from the agri‐food sector81
Reviewing the applications of artificial intelligence in sustainable supply chains: Exploring research propositions for future directions80
Advertising strategies and sustainable development: The effects of green advertising appeals and subjective busyness on green purchase intention79
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A framework for digital supply chains in the era of circular economy: Implications on environmental sustainability78
Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management78
Does corruption sand the wheels of sustainable development? Evidence through green innovation78
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ESG Performance and Dividend Payout: The Moderating Role of ESG Controversies and Legal Systems77
Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource‐Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments76
Beyond technique: The role of the multidimensional nature of energy accounting in shaping a better world75
Harmony in flux: Unraveling the green innovation with organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and the jazz of organizational improvisation75
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From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy74
Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation74
Sustainable Leadership and Green Innovations: Catalysts for Sustainable Business Performance in the Textile Sector of Pakistan73
Sustainability Reporting Assurance in Italian Listed Companies: Understanding the Role of CEO Characteristics73
Corporate corruption, business strategy and sustainable environment72
The Dual Growth‐Value Transfer Nexus: Sustaining Corporate Performance Among Hidden Champions to Achieve Sustainable Growth71
CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence71
Analysis of barriers affecting circular economy adoption in food supply chain: A strategic perspective71
Between Substance and Symbolism: How Resources and Organizational Facades Interact in Voluntary Climate Commitments70
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How Companies Move to Circularity: Internal Reorganizing and Adjustment of External Collaboration70
Exploring Biodiversity Disclosure and Financial Performance in the European Context: The Moderating Role of Board Experience69
When and How does in‐role pro‐environmental behavior spill over to extra‐role behavior: Two experimental studies in the retail and education industries69
Circular Economy Outcomes in Banks: The Role of Environmental Strategy, Women, and the Sustainability Committee68
Biodiversity reporting by United Kingdom (UK)‐listed companies: A review of extent, content and readability of disclosures67
Does intrinsic motivation or extrinsic pressure matter more? An exploratory study of small businesses going green and innovation67
Circular economy and environmental disclosure in sustainability reports: Empirical evidence in cosmetic companies66
Does mandating ESG reporting reduce ESG decoupling? Evidence from the European Union's Directive 2014/9566
Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency66
Green innovation in emerging economies: The role of managerial ties and market learning66
A matter of alignment? Effects of product types and environmental claim framing on consumer evaluation of sustainable foods66
Fostering circular economy in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of social capital, adaptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and a pro‐sustainable environment65
Critical network factors for eco‐innovation in manufacturing: A Delphi study from a triple helix perspective65
Analysing corporate forest disclosure: How does business value biodiversity?65
Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries65
Climate change commitment, credit risk and the country's environmental performance: Empirical evidence from a sample of international banks64
Carbon emissions trading and corporate green investment: The perspective of external pressure and internal incentive64
Reviewing the Integration of Distributive Justice in the Implementation of Science‐Based Targets: A Systematic Literature Review63
Emission targeting and carbon emissions: The moderating effect of female directors63
A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions63
Carbon disclosure policy, external financing needs and the cost of capital: Does financial market quality matter?62
Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules62
Top‐management compensation and environmental innovation strategy61
Barriers to Low‐Carbon Technology Adoption: Insights From the Automotive Manufacturing Sector in Emerging Economies60
Dynamic Capabilities for Circular Economy: Leadership, Eco‐Innovation, and the Mediating Role of Digital Transformation60
Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?59
Does green brand positioning translate into green purchase intention?: A mediation–moderation model58
What motivates environmental and social sustainability in family firms? A cross‐cultural survey58
An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models58
Exploring potential diffusion pathways of biorefinery innovations—An agent‐based simulation approach for facilitating shared value creation58
Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?57
Can proactive boundary‐spanning search enhance green innovation? The mediating role of organizational resilience57
Entrepreneurial practices and the constitution of environmental value for sustainability57
Environmental Reporting and Financial Performance: Evidence From the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries56
European Ports as Energy Hubs: A Sustainability Index to Assess Territorial Development56
Carbon Emissions, Firm‐Level Climate Change Exposure, and Corporate Cash Reserves56
The climate resilience cycle: Using scenario analysis to inform climate‐resilient business strategies56
Measuring corporate sustainability in its multidimensionality: A formative approach to integrate ESG and triple bottom line approaches56
Circular Economy Platforms: A Systematic Review55
Sustainable HRM Impact on Employees' Behaviors Through Workplace Spirituality55
Effective environmental strategy or illusory tactics? Corporate greenwashing and innovation willingness55
How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function55
The Greyer the Greener: CEO Age and Green Innovation55
Sustainable by Ideology? The Influence of CEO Political Ideology and Ivy League Education on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance55
Predicting the value‐based determinants of sustainable luxury consumption: A multi‐analytical approach and pathway to sustainable development in the luxury industry55
The Role of Carbon Trading in Enhancing Enterprise Green Productivity and ESG Performance: A Quasi‐Natural Evidence From China55
Harvesting Value! Exploring How Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Change Farm Business Models in Europe54
Sustainability Paradoxes in Supply Chains: Analyzing the Effects of Public and Private Regulations54
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Enhancing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: Relationships among green innovative capability, green relational capability, and co‐innovation behavior54
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Utilising Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Firm Circular Economy Maturity: A Thematic Review via Machine Learning54
Correction to “Determinants of Firms' Initiative and Inertia in Pursuing Climate Neutrality Strategies—Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Evidence”54
The Generativity Mindsets of Corporations: A New Perspective on Ecological Responsiveness54
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Sharing is caring for the environment: But why would managers resist shared mobility?53
Business research for sustainable development: How does sustainable business model research reflect doughnut economics?53
Is ESG Transparency the Fruit of Corporate Digitalization: Strategic Pathways to Enhanced ESG Disclosure?53
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Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy53
Carbon reporting regulation: Real effects, external pressures, and internal policies53
Will China's Carbon Emission Trading Regulation Really Decrease the Green Investment of Firms? A Microperspective on Corporate Governance52
Capabilities and organisational dimensions conducive to green product innovation: Evidence from Croatian and Spanish manufacturing firms52
Executive Green Cognition on Corporate Greenwashing Behavior: Evidence From A‐Share Listed Companies in China52
How does green intellectual capital boost performance? The mediating role of environmental performance measurement systems52
Sustainability frontiers of strategic risk management and firm survival: The Altman score effectiveness. A bibliometric analysis51
Stock market reaction to mandatory sustainability reporting: Does carbon‐intensity and environmental, social, and governance reputation matter?51
Do Corporate Governance Mechanisms Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions? Some Empirical Evidence on Listed Companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan51
Circular business model experimentation capabilities—A case study approach51
Towards a circular economy: Implications for emission reduction and environmental sustainability51
Gender Diversity Leadership and ESG Performance: The Influence of Women on Boards and in Management51
Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable agri‐logistics sector: A Bayesian‐based group decision‐making approach51
Knowledge and innovation management in agribusiness: A study in the Dominican Republic51
Green consumerism, green perceived value, and restaurant revisit intention: Millennials' sustainable consumption with moderating effect of green perceived quality51
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Monetised Externalities and Value Alignment for Strategic Reconfiguration of Circular Business Models: The Case of Smartphones50
Carbon Neutrality and Business Models: Mixed‐Method Study of Business Strategies and Decarbonization Pathways50
Mainstreaming innovative circular economy solutions—A comparative study between entrepreneurs in developed versus emerging markets and developing economies50
Do financial constraints lead to environmental, social and governance controversies? The role of country context50
Corporate business strategy, CEO's managerial ability, and environmental disclosure: The perspective of stakeholder theory50
Dual Pathways Toward Net‐Zero–Based Performance Through Responsible Leadership—Mediation of Green HR Practices, Green Innovation, and Moderation of Digital Capabilities49
Smart, sustainable, and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context49
Accounting for Impact: How Shipping Partnerships Drive e‐SDG Accountability for Climate Change Measures49
Can the Adoption of Circular Economy Practices Foster Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Improvements?49
Does ESG Investing Pay off? Comparing the Performance of ESG and Traditional ETFs Across European and US Markets49
Unlocking the Social Circular Economy: Value Propositions and Organizational Design of Social Circular Hubs49
Climate Change, Innovation Efficiency, and Shareholder Wealth: Insights From the Paris Agreement49
Tone Symphony in Climate‐Exposed Firms49
Carbon Performance and Executive Compensation: The Moderating Role of Governance49
Exploring Internal, Market and Institutional Dynamics That Drive Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Portuguese Companies49
Towards Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality Goals: Investigating the Nexus Between Nonrenewable Energy Consumption, Green Finance, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Taxes49
Green Innovation and Low‐Carbon Operations: The Role of Net‐Zero Capabilities in Transition Towards Carbon Neutrality in Circular Supply Chains49
Circular Economy Adoption in Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From Germany49
How Boundary‐Spanning Search, Design for Circularity, and Artificial Intelligence Powered Analytics Enhance Manufacturer's Circularity Performance?49
Sustainable business models and organizational boundaries—A literature review48
Progressing Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Performance via Cumulative Integration of Lean Production, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, and Sustainable Process Innovation48
Environmental collaboration, responsible innovation, and firm performance: The moderating role of stakeholder pressure48
Building blockchain‐driven dynamic capabilities for developing circular supply chain: Rethinking the role of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring48
Digitalization and prevention of corruption: Opportunities and risks—Some evidence from the Italian university system48
Measuring sustainable transformation of small and medium‐sized enterprises using management systems standards48
Interrogating the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Sustainable Entrepreneurship48
Do corporate sustainability initiatives improve corporate carbon performance? Evidence from European firms47
Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis47
Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes47
Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data47
The real effects of ESG reporting and GRI standards on carbon mitigation: International evidence47
Does National Innovation Layout Spur Eco‐Innovation? The Upper Echelon's Role46
The role of social capital, resilience, and network complexity in attaining supply chain sustainability46
Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China46
Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields46
Leveraging Green Innovation and Eco‐Technology for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Firm‐Level Productivity Analysis in China and the United States46
Does resource bricolage foster SMEs' competitive advantage and financial performance? A resource‐based perspective46
Just Do It! Performance Feedback on Green Innovation and Postmergers' and Acquisitions' Green Innovation Performance: Evidence From Emerging Economy Firms46
Dynamic Capabilities and Microfoundations to Overcome Barriers to Circular Economy Implementation46
Closing the loop through eco‐innovation by European firms: Circular economy for sustainable development46
Addressing the Drivers and Concerns Towards Agri‐Food Strategy: Prioritizing Environmental Management Business Models45
Food supplier sorting model for strategic supply chain sustainable development45
Sustainable Energy Provision at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Blueprint for Early Repurposing Business Models Using Second‐Life Batteries45
When Do Environmental Regulations Lead to Green Practices? The Role of Resource Commitment and Corporate Entrepreneurship45
Unpacking the Role of Digital Dynamic Capabilities in ESG Performance: A Social Exchange Perspective on Organizational Trust and Identification45
Achieving sustainable development with sustainable packaging: A natural‐resource‐based view perspective45
Sustainable entrepreneurship support programs in nature‐protected areas: How universities third mission aids sustainability transitions45
Credit Risk Assessment From a Strategic Sustainability Perspective: The Case of the Nordic Banking Sector45
The influence of governance structure on the relationship between pay ratio and environmental and social performance44
Digital Platform Capabilities and Circular Economy: Impact of Customer Green Pressure on Frugal Innovative Strategies44
Conceptualising active management of paradoxical tensions in corporate sustainability: A systematic literature review44
Beyond the Board: Does Female Leadership Make a Difference to Corporate Sustainability Performance, Disclosure and Assurance?44
What drives and curbs brownwashing?44
Toward a Business‐Oriented Concept of Natural Capital and Its Measurement in Organizations44
Sustainable development and environmental ingenuities: The influence of collaborative arrangements on environmental performance43
Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration43
Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture43
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