Business Strategy and the Environment

Papers
(The TQCC of Business Strategy and the Environment is 23. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Why do (some) German car manufacturers go electric? The role of dynamic capabilities and cognitive frames433
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Do environmental regulations and technological innovation enhance environmental well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa?304
Do firms' sustainability practices pay off during global crises? Evidence from Asia and the Pacific304
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Accomplishing sustainable development goals through international management system standards and multinational supply chains277
What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?276
Diving into the business strategy: The strategy tripod's influence on supply chain sustainability orientation263
How B Corps Are Hybrid? Unpacking Hybridity in Social Enterprises247
Drivers of employees' proactiveness for sustainability embeddedness: Examining situation‐related antecedents of information exchange240
Sustainability Practices Impacts on Supplier Sustainability Risks and Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Study of Brazilian Companies230
Is Liability of Foreignness Always Bad for Firms? A Study of the Influence of Top Management Team Foreignness on Corporate Greenwashing228
Orchestration in Mature Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Towards a Circular Economy: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach227
Unlocking Synergies: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for Sustainability197
Global Value Chains Participation and Air Pollution: Does Digital Economy Matter?190
Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook180
Social Capital and Supplier Adaptation of Social and Environmentally Sustainable Practices178
SDG walking or washing? A cross‐sectoral analysis of business contribution to the SDGs173
Green Policies, Greener Wallets: How Cap‐and‐Trade Regulation Affects Cost of Capital169
The Role of ESG Performance in Moderating the Impact of Financial Distress on Company Value: Evidence of Wavelet‐Enhanced Quantile Regression With Indian Companies169
Does firms' carbon disclosure increase consumers' recycling willingness and firms' recycling performance?164
Economic freedom and corporate carbon emissions: International evidence160
Assessing the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on the social sustainability of agrifood companies159
Understanding voluntary pro‐environmental behavior among colleagues: Roles of green crafting, psychological empowerment, and green organizational climate157
Drivers of green apparel consumption: Digging a little deeper into green apparel buying intentions157
Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence156
Micro is beautiful. Adoption of eco‐innovations in micro‐firms153
Death or rebirth? How small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises respond to responsible investment151
A path towards enterprise environmental performance improvement: How does CEO green experience matter?144
Putting the ‘economy’ back in the circular economy139
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business138
Global evidence on the association between environmental, social, and governance disclosures and future earnings risk137
Government environmental concerns and corporate green innovation: Evidence from heavy‐polluting enterprises in China134
Does environmental sustainability attract foreign investment? Evidence from developing countries130
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Untangling the Impact of ESG Performance on Financing and Value in the Supply Chain: A Congruence Theory Perspective127
Dual‐threshold effect of resources and governance on the role of regulations in green innovation: Novel insights from a four‐regime panel approach126
The Quantum Leap Toward a Sustainable Future: Exploring the Nexus Between Blockchain, Circular Economy, and Managerial Perceptions125
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain123
Corporate “Greening” and Innovation: A Reinterpretation Based on Historical Immortals122
The Symbiotic Production of Food and Green Electricity: Consumer Preferences for Food Produced in Agrivoltaic Systems122
Drivers and Challenges in Achieving Corporate Carbon Neutrality—Qualitative Investigation of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies122
Building Sustainable Supply Chain Resilience: Insights From a Mixed‐Method Study119
Tracing the Reverse Relationship Among Environmental Benefits, Business Model Innovation, and Eco‐Innovation: Does Cooperation Matter?118
Sustainability risk and portfolio management—A strategic scenario method for sustainable product development117
How going green builds trusting beliefs113
Towards sustainable development: Green supply chain design and planning using monetization methods113
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Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation112
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling110
A nonlinear relationship between corporate environmental performance and economic performance of green technology innovation: Moderating effect of government market‐based regulations108
Examining the influence of employee engagement in supporting the implementation of green supply chain management practices: A green human resource management perspective108
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go108
Do sustainable supply chain practices mitigate carbon emissions? The role of supplier environmental, social and governance training107
Resource recombination perspective on open eco‐innovation: Open innovation type, strategic orientation, and green innovation106
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Attaining Sustainable Development Goals through embedding circular economy principles: Evidence from food processing small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in India102
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Sustainable entrepreneurship: When does environmental compliance improve corporate performance?102
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The influence of top management team diversity on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) reporting: Evidence from Sri Lanka98
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption96
Analysing organisations' engagement with and impacts to sustainability96
The impact of ESG news on the volatility of the Portuguese stock market—Does it change during recessions?95
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management95
A systematic and major review of proactive environmental strategies in hospitality and tourism: Looking back for moving forward94
Psychological ownership rather than material consumption: Can fashion firms' new subscription services become an environmentally sustainable business strategy?94
Industrial energy consumption and pollutant emissions: Combined decomposition of relative performance and absolute changes92
Strategic planning oriented to circular business models: A decision framework to promote sustainable development91
What digital‐enabled dynamic capabilities support the circular economy? A multiple case study approach90
Determinants of corporate sustainability message sharing on social media: A configuration approach89
Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research88
The sustainability prism of structural changes in the European Union agricultural system: The nexus between production, employment and energy emissions87
The wicked problem of sustainable development in supply chains86
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Debtholders' reaction to sustainability reporting regulations: International evidence85
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The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers84
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes84
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains83
Green cryptocurrency and business strategies: Framework and insights from a stewardship literature review82
Triggering employee green activism through green human resource management: The role of green organizational learning and responsible leadership81
Critical factors for the success of Sustainable Development Goal 12 in the digital transformation era: The effect of ISO 1400181
Gamification for sustainable consumption: A state‐of‐the‐art overview and future agenda80
The challenges that remain: The role of innovation intermediary‐led training in implementing circular business models80
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics80
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure78
The role of online information sources in enhancing circular consumption behaviour: Fostering sustainable consumption patterns in the digital age77
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Climate change exposure and the takeover market: A text‐based analysis75
Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”75
Empirical modeling approaches in sustainable supply chain management: A review with bibliometric and network analyses74
RETRACTED: Exploring antecedents for the circular economy capability of micro, small and medium enterprises: An empirical study74
Developing resilience strategies amid supply chain risks in the automotive industry: A stakeholder theory perspective72
Country‐level analysis of the relationships between sustainability and the textile–clothing–leather–footwear industries72
Towards integrative multi‐stakeholder responsibility for net zero in e‐waste: A systematic literature review72
Decarbonization types of medium‐sized and mid‐cap firms in the manufacturing sector72
Product portfolio decarbonization: Deleting hot products for a cooler supply chain71
Attention to carbon footprints in food choices and the crowding out effect of attention‐leading nudges70
A novel hybrid decision‐making framework for measuring Industry 4.0‐driven circular economy performance for textile industry70
Disclosure Dynamism: TCFD Aligned Climate Claims of UK Corporates69
Does corporate ESG, an essential factor for overcoming the climate crisis, affect sustainability: The effects of psychological distance and purchase intention69
Business Strategies for Sustainable Development: Leveraging Industry 5.0 and Circular Pharmaceutical Supply Chains to Overcome Medicine Waste68
Millennial Consumers' Intention to Purchase Organic Food: Do Environmental Concerns Matter?68
Firm, industry, and country effects on CO2 emissions levels67
Sustainable university entrepreneurship: Revisiting firm growth patterns66
CEO tenure and environmental fraud for listed family firms65
The making of imperfect indicators for biodiversity: A case study of UK biodiversity performance measurement64
Buyer–supplier partnerships and circular economy performance in food supply chains: Serial mediation by commitment contract and innovation performance63
Servitization for a Circular Economy in Construction63
Resilience Through Low‐Carbon Supply Chain Integration in Industry 4.0‐Led Firms: A Moderated‐Mediation Effect of Supplier Environmental Commitment63
Barriers to adopting circular business models: A cross‐sectoral analysis62
The Benefits of Being Greener: Unravelling the Association Between Carbon Performance and Market Value62
Corporate purpose and early disaster response: Providing evidence of dynamic materiality?62
Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities61
Strategic ambidexterity in green product innovation: Obstacles and implications61
Saving the Environment in Emerging Markets: The Synergistic Roles of Corporate Ownership Structure, Financing Strategy, and Innovation Capacity61
Pressures for sub‐supplier sustainability compliance: The importance of target markets in textile and garment supply chains61
Exploring enablers and inhibitors of AI‐enabled drones for manufacturing process audits: A mixed‐method approach61
Exploring the potential of SMEs to build individual, organizational, and community resilience through sustainability‐oriented business practices60
Corporate accountability for biodiversity and species extinction: Evidence from organisations reporting on their impacts on nature60
Circular economy and resilience: A research agenda60
Designing a circular business strategy: 7 years of evolution at a large washing machine manufacturer60
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective60
Does Climate Change Risk Impact Insurance Credit Risk? Cross Country Evidence59
Strategies for Carbon Reduction Maturity: A Longitudinal Case Study of Unilever PLC59
Two‐period supply chain coordination strategies with ambidextrous sustainable innovations59
The twofold transition: Framing digital innovations and incumbents' value propositions for sustainability59
Climate risk disclosures and global sustainability initiatives: A conceptual analysis and agenda for future research58
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers57
The Internationalization–Environmental Performance Relationship: Does it Differ between MNEs in Advanced and Less Advanced Economies?57
The effect of environmental, social and governance score on operating performance after mergers and acquisitions57
Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices57
Sustainable entrepreneurship and legitimacy building in protected areas: Overcoming distinctive barriers through activism57
Bioeconomic innovations breeding more sustainable innovations: A value chain perspective from Argentina57
Investigating environmentally sustainable consumption: A diary study of home‐based consumption behaviors57
Chief executive officer narcissism, power and sustainable development goals reporting: An empirical analysis56
Does government ownership help make private firms greener? Evidence from an emerging market56
Identifying barriers and good practices for implementing circular economy principles in small and medium enterprises56
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Eco‐centric success: Stakeholder approaches to sustainable performance via green improvisation behavior and environmental orientation in the hotel industry55
Segmentation, environmental identity and stages of change: An application to a wildlife trust55
The local range of natural cosmetics: Consumer perceptions and assessments in Germany55
Beyond the hype: Deciphering brand trust amid sustainability skepticism55
Green HRM practices, employee well‐being, and sustainable work behavior: Examining the moderating role of resource commitment54
Why don't asset managers accelerate ESG investing? A sentiment analysis based on 13,000 messages from finance professionals53
Sustainable development‐oriented regulatory and competitive pressures to shift toward a circular economy: The role of environmental orientation and Industry 4.0 technologies53
Green innovation and the stock market value of heavily polluting firms: The role of environmental compliance costs and technological collaboration53
Attribute imbalances and innovation implementation based on grounded theory: A case of Chinese enterprises in Gansu Province53
Can CEO environmental awareness promote new product development performance? Empirical research on Chinese manufacturing firms52
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence52
Corporate commitment to climate change action, carbon risk exposure, and a firm's debt financing policy52
The bioeconomy transformation as an external enabler of sustainable entrepreneurship52
Stakeholder governance to facilitate collaboration for a systemic circular economy transition: A qualitative study in the European chemicals and plastics industry51
How do stakeholder groups make sense of sustainability: Analysing differences in the complexity of their cognitive frames51
A multi‐perspective exploration of the environmental website disclosure in global manufacturing50
Circular business model: Breaking down barriers towards sustainable development50
Developing an emission risk control model in coal‐fired power plants for investigating CO2 reduction strategies for sustainable business development50
Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing: The case of babassu breaker women in Brazil49
Sustainable behaviour at work: How message framing encourages employees to choose electric vehicles49
Retraction: Industry 4.0 and circular economy practices: A new era business strategies for environmental sustainability49
Critical human and behavioral factors on the adoption of sustainable supply chain management practices in the context of automobile industry49
Integrating decision support tools into businesses for sustainable development: A paradoxical approach to address the food waste challenge49
First things first: Unselfconscious corporate virtuosity and corporate performance49
How can organizations measure the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria? Validation of an instrument using item response theory to capture workers' perception48
Refuse derived fuels as an immediate strategy for the energy transition, circular economy, and sustainability48
Do venture capital investments contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals?48
Corporate social and environmental disclosure as a sustainable development tool provided by board sub‐committees: Do women directors play a relevant moderating role?48
The importance of product lifetime labelling for purchase decisions: Strategic implications for corporate sustainability based on a conjoint analysis in Germany47
Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands47
Top management team gender diversity and green innovation: A contingent curvilinear link46
Bridging the valley of death in the EU renewable energy sector: Toward a new energy policy46
Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy46
Net‐zero emission targets and the role of managerial environmental awareness, customer pressure, and regulatory control toward environmental performance46
The strategic choice of payment method in takeovers: The role of environmental, social and governance performance46
Towards a holistic framework for sustainable value analysis in business models: A tool for sustainable development46
A natural resource and institutional theory‐based view of green‐lean‐six sigma drivers for environmental management45
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain45
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme45
Achieving the circular economy through environmental policies: Packaging strategies for more sustainable business models in the wine industry45
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality45
The impact of financial investment on corporate environmental sustainability: Reservoir effect or crowding‐out effect?45
Harnessing digitalization for sustainable development: Understanding how interactions on sustainability‐oriented digital platforms manage tensions and paradoxes45
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?45
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital44
Short‐term solutions to biodiversity conservation in portfolio construction: Forward‐looking disclosure and classification‐based metrics44
Startups as sustainability transformers: A new empirically derived taxonomy and its policy implications44
Using technology to improve the management of development impacts on biodiversity44
Uncovering Industry 4.0 technology attributes in sustainable supply chain 4.0: A systematic literature review44
Circular economy and sustainability: The role of organizational behaviour in the transition journey43
Does clean technology weaken the environmental impact on the financial performance? Insight from global oil and gas companies43
Sustainable business models and innovation strategies to realize them: A review of 87 empirical cases43
The nexus between environmental and financial performance: Evidence from gulf cooperative council banks43
Sustainable development in aviation logistics: Successful drivers and business strategies42
Investigating sustainability tensions and resolution strategies in the plastic food packaging industry—A paradox theory approach42
Circular product design challenges: An exploratory study on critical barriers41
Activists' and social entrepreneurs' approaches towards consumer culture: Providing a protective space for sustainability transitions41
Blockchain‐based recycling and its impact on recycling performance: A network theory perspective41
Strategic sustainable development of Industry 4.0 through the lens of social responsibility: The role of human resource practices41
A resilience approach to corporate biodiversity impact measurement40
Executive compensation and sustainable business practices: The moderating role of sustainability‐based compensation40
Sustainable entrepreneurship on digital platforms and the enactment of digital connectivity through business models40
Managing and accounting for corporate biodiversity contributions. Mapping the field39
How can China's sustainable development be damaged in consequence of financial misallocation? Analysis from the perspective of regional innovation capability39
Citizens and cities: Leveraging citizen science and big data for sustainable urban development39
The automated sustainability auditor: Does artificial intelligence curtail greenwashing behavior in Chinese firms?39
Exploring antecedents of innovations for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises' environmental sustainability: An interpretative framework39
Creating shared value through open innovation approaches: Opportunities and challenges for corporate sustainability39
Environmental pressure and board gender diversity: Evidence from the European Union Emission Trading System39
Institutional and stakeholder effects on carbon mitigation strategies39
Biodiversity disclosure, sustainable development and environmental initiatives: Does board gender diversity matter?39
Green signals: The impact of environmental protection support policies on firms' green innovation39
How does digitization enable green innovation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies39
An environmental policy of green intellectual capital: Green innovation strategy for performance sustainability38
Prevention Is Better Than Cure? Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Patents and Firm Performance38
An exploratory study of green‐lean‐six sigma motivators for environmental sustainability: Managerial insights from a developed and developing economy38
Building a Green Business: Exploring the Role of Organizational Culture and Human Resource Management Through a Case Study Approach38
Digital data‐driven technologies and the environmental sustainability of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Does size matter?38
Enhancing environmental information transparency through corporate social responsibility reporting regulation38
Sustainable board governance and environmental performance: European evidence38
Shaping ESG commitment through organizational psychological capital: The role of CEO power38
Green intellectual capital and green business strategy: The role of green absorptive capacity37
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis37
Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring37
Circular economy disclosure and integrated reporting: The role of corporate governance mechanisms37
Green apparel buying behaviour: A Stimulus–Organism–Behaviour–Consequence (SOBC) perspective on sustainability‐oriented consumption in Japan37
ESG performance and green innovation: An investigation based on quantile regression37
Green capabilities, green purchasing, and triple bottom line performance: Leading toward environmental sustainability36
Impact of corporate governance diversity on carbon emission under environmental policy via the mandatory nonfinancial reporting regulation36
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model36
Application of digital technologies for sustainable product management in a circular economy: A review36
Green logistics operations and its impact on supply chain sustainability: An empirical study36
Building a data‐driven circular supply chain hierarchical structure: Resource recovery implementation drives circular business strategy36
Sustainability orientation and post‐entry performance: The role of brand and market‐oriented capabilities36
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?36
Paving the road toward eco‐effectiveness: Exploring the link between greenhouse gas emissions and firm performance36
Conservation through conversation? Therapeutic engagement on biodiversity and extinction between NGOs and companies35
From sustainable value to shareholder value: The impact of sustainable governance and anti‐corruption programs on market valuation35
Corporate entrepreneurial leadership, resources, capabilities, and sustainable performance35
Sustainable development for private equity: Integrating environment, social, and governance factors into partnership valuation35
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms35
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How does the go‐with‐the‐flow export strategy affect corporate environmental performance?—Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms35
The Impact of Bank Riskiness on the Quality of ESG Disclosure: Empirical Evidence From European Banks34
The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability34
Circular value creation through environmental entrepreneurship initiatives: A case‐based exploration34
The synergistic effect of green innovation and governance in carbon neutrality: Insights from Japanese companies34
Sustainable Product Innovation Through Horizontal Coopetition: The Role of Boundary‐Spanning Search and Partner Similarity34
The Legitimacy–Commitment Paradox in Corporate Sustainability Strategy Formulation34
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