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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”592
Leading Regenerative Transformation: Cognitive Frame Characteristics Shaping Leaders' Approaches to Organizational Development582
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence395
The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers387
Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing: The case of babassu breaker women in Brazil333
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption300
Blockchain‐based recycling and its impact on recycling performance: A network theory perspective276
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains276
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes251
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model247
Does environmental sustainability attract foreign investment? Evidence from developing countries216
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective214
Communication Strategies in Hospitality: A Study on Michelin Green Star Sustainable Restaurants210
Females on Board, Stakeholder Orientation, and ESG Disclosure: An Evidence From the Tourism and Transportation Industries201
What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?192
Corporate Governance and Sustainability Disclosure: Challenges and Opportunities for the Libyan Audit Bureau in the Oil Sector183
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling182
Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry177
A Proposed Circular Economy Readiness Framework for the Rail Sector, A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework176
Lean Service 5.0 in Dairy Production: An Empirical Evaluation From the Perspective of the Sociotechnical and Circular Economy Approach176
Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Legitimacy: Analyzing Firm Performance Through Green Innovation and Technological Turbulence168
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Fuelling Organisational Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation Disruption: Performing to Be a Pioneer165
Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability161
Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research156
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics153
Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities150
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How Does Government Supervision Affect Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Attention Allocation and Political Connections146
Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices145
Building Regenerative Supply Chains: A Qualitative Study of SMEs in the Agro‐Food Chains142
Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence140
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business138
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality137
Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy135
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?135
Culturally Responsive AI: Integrating Hofstede's Cultural Model in AI‐Driven ESG Strategies133
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain132
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital131
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management128
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers122
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure117
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain116
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme116
Exploring antecedents of innovations for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises' environmental sustainability: An interpretative framework116
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis115
Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation112
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go112
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?111
Will more multinational corporations inflow approach closer toward carbon neutrality? Novel propensity score matching‐difference‐in‐difference evidence across 35 developing countries110
How Circular Economy Innovation Can Backfire on the Environment: Quantifying the Rebound Effect of the Textiles and Clothing Sector110
Carbon‐Cutting Chess: Strategizing Resilient Low‐Carbon Investments for Supply Chains108
Pathway to Entrepreneurial Success Through Green Entrepreneurial Orientation and Environmental Dynamism107
The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability106
Institutional Logics and Stakeholder Stances on Sustainability Reporting Regulation. Insights From the European Union Public Consultation105
Effectiveness of Green Public Procurement in Stimulating Green Products and Resource Efficiency in SMEs: Empirical Analysis of the EU Industries105
Tracing the Paths to Sustainable Production and Consumption Through Indigenous Directors, Environmental Innovation, and Sustainability Committees105
Does Older Mean Better? Analyses of Boards' Influence on Sustainability Performance105
The impact of environmental investments on green innovation: An integration of factors that increase or decrease uncertainty103
Sustainability trade‐offs in the circular economy: A maturity‐based framework101
Does corruption sand the wheels of sustainable development? Evidence through green innovation100
Luxury hotels' green practices and consumer brand identification: The roles of perceived green service innovation and perceived values97
From Smart Factories to Sustainable Enterprises: How Technological Innovation Bridges Intelligent Manufacturing and ESG Outcomes?97
Board Supervision Capability and Sustainability Report Disclosure Quality: Evidence From Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in Taiwan's Construction Industry96
Interpreting stakeholder ecosystems through relational stakeholder theory: The case of a highly contested megaproject96
Navigating Sustainability Practice in Publicly Listed Family Firms: The U‐Shaped Impact of Family Ownership and the Moderating Role of MBA Leadership96
The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability96
Tensions in the strategic integration of corporate sustainability through global standards: Evidence from Japan and South Korea94
Essential innovation capability of producer‐service enterprises towards circular business model: Motivators and barriers94
Framing the evolution of the “environmental strategy” concept: Exploring a key construct for the environmental policy agenda93
Advertising strategies and sustainable development: The effects of green advertising appeals and subjective busyness on green purchase intention93
The relevance of non‐financial disclosure in influencing the cost of capital: Empirical evidence from the agri‐food sector92
Navigating value networks to co‐create sustainable business models: An actionable staging approach92
A framework for digital supply chains in the era of circular economy: Implications on environmental sustainability92
Corporate Anti‐Corruption Disclosure and Corporate Sustainability Performance in the United Kingdom: Does Sustainability Governance Matter?91
The perfect combination to win the competition: Bringing sustainability and customer experience together90
Circular economy business models as pillars of sustainability: Where are we now, and where are we heading?90
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms89
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 Sett88
Developing dynamic capabilities for the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in Italy: A natural‐resource‐based view87
Towards sustainability: An environmental strategy choice, environmental performance, and the moderating role of stakeholder pressure87
Geopolitical Risk, Market Indices, and ESG Performance During Crises86
A good name is rather to be chosen: The impact of CEO reputation incentives on corporate green innovation86
How does green human resource management contribute to saving the environment? Evidence of emerging market manufacturing firms85
Reviewing the applications of artificial intelligence in sustainable supply chains: Exploring research propositions for future directions85
Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management83
Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors83
Applying circular business models in the Chilean construction sector: A system dynamics perspective83
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ESG Performance and Dividend Payout: The Moderating Role of ESG Controversies and Legal Systems80
Exploring potential diffusion pathways of biorefinery innovations—An agent‐based simulation approach for facilitating shared value creation80
How Companies Move to Circularity: Internal Reorganizing and Adjustment of External Collaboration80
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Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource‐Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments79
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Does intrinsic motivation or extrinsic pressure matter more? An exploratory study of small businesses going green and innovation78
Emission targeting and carbon emissions: The moderating effect of female directors78
Environmental Reporting and Financial Performance: Evidence From the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries78
Beyond technique: The role of the multidimensional nature of energy accounting in shaping a better world78
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Sustainable HRM Impact on Employees' Behaviors Through Workplace Spirituality77
How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function77
The Greyer the Greener: CEO Age and Green Innovation77
Harmony in flux: Unraveling the green innovation with organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and the jazz of organizational improvisation76
From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy75
Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency74
Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation74
Biodiversity reporting by United Kingdom (UK)‐listed companies: A review of extent, content and readability of disclosures73
Measuring corporate sustainability in its multidimensionality: A formative approach to integrate ESG and triple bottom line approaches73
Between Substance and Symbolism: How Resources and Organizational Facades Interact in Voluntary Climate Commitments72
Sustainable by Ideology? The Influence of CEO Political Ideology and Ivy League Education on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance72
Carbon Emissions, Firm‐Level Climate Change Exposure, and Corporate Cash Reserves72
When and How does in‐role pro‐environmental behavior spill over to extra‐role behavior: Two experimental studies in the retail and education industries72
Corporate corruption, business strategy and sustainable environment71
The Dual Growth‐Value Transfer Nexus: Sustaining Corporate Performance Among Hidden Champions to Achieve Sustainable Growth71
Carbon disclosure policy, external financing needs and the cost of capital: Does financial market quality matter?70
An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models70
Does mandating ESG reporting reduce ESG decoupling? Evidence from the European Union's Directive 2014/9570
CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence70
The Role of Carbon Trading in Enhancing Enterprise Green Productivity and ESG Performance: A Quasi‐Natural Evidence From China68
Circular economy and environmental disclosure in sustainability reports: Empirical evidence in cosmetic companies68
Analysis of barriers affecting circular economy adoption in food supply chain: A strategic perspective68
Can proactive boundary‐spanning search enhance green innovation? The mediating role of organizational resilience67
Carbon emissions trading and corporate green investment: The perspective of external pressure and internal incentive67
Green innovation in emerging economies: The role of managerial ties and market learning67
Climate change commitment, credit risk and the country's environmental performance: Empirical evidence from a sample of international banks66
Entrepreneurial practices and the constitution of environmental value for sustainability66
A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions65
A matter of alignment? Effects of product types and environmental claim framing on consumer evaluation of sustainable foods65
Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries65
Does green brand positioning translate into green purchase intention?: A mediation–moderation model64
Analysing corporate forest disclosure: How does business value biodiversity?64
Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?63
Fostering circular economy in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of social capital, adaptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and a pro‐sustainable environment63
Circular Economy Outcomes in Banks: The Role of Environmental Strategy, Women, and the Sustainability Committee62
Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?62
Critical network factors for eco‐innovation in manufacturing: A Delphi study from a triple helix perspective61
Sustainability Reporting Assurance in Italian Listed Companies: Understanding the Role of CEO Characteristics61
The climate resilience cycle: Using scenario analysis to inform climate‐resilient business strategies61
What motivates environmental and social sustainability in family firms? A cross‐cultural survey61
Effective environmental strategy or illusory tactics? Corporate greenwashing and innovation willingness61
Top‐management compensation and environmental innovation strategy61
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Predicting the value‐based determinants of sustainable luxury consumption: A multi‐analytical approach and pathway to sustainable development in the luxury industry60
Carbon Performance and Executive Compensation: The Moderating Role of Governance60
Business research for sustainable development: How does sustainable business model research reflect doughnut economics?60
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Climate Change, Innovation Efficiency, and Shareholder Wealth: Insights From the Paris Agreement58
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The Generativity Mindsets of Corporations: A New Perspective on Ecological Responsiveness57
Sustainability Paradoxes in Supply Chains: Analyzing the Effects of Public and Private Regulations56
Harvesting Value! Exploring How Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Change Farm Business Models in Europe55
Capabilities and organisational dimensions conducive to green product innovation: Evidence from Croatian and Spanish manufacturing firms55
Enhancing entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: Relationships among green innovative capability, green relational capability, and co‐innovation behavior55
Utilising Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Firm Circular Economy Maturity: A Thematic Review via Machine Learning55
Correction to “Determinants of Firms' Initiative and Inertia in Pursuing Climate Neutrality Strategies—Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Evidence”55
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Monetised Externalities and Value Alignment for Strategic Reconfiguration of Circular Business Models: The Case of Smartphones54
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Sharing is caring for the environment: But why would managers resist shared mobility?54
Knowledge and innovation management in agribusiness: A study in the Dominican Republic53
Exploring Internal, Market and Institutional Dynamics That Drive Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Portuguese Companies53
Do financial constraints lead to environmental, social and governance controversies? The role of country context53
Carbon reporting regulation: Real effects, external pressures, and internal policies53
Unlocking the Social Circular Economy: Value Propositions and Organizational Design of Social Circular Hubs53
Carbon Neutrality and Business Models: Mixed‐Method Study of Business Strategies and Decarbonization Pathways53
Measuring sustainable transformation of small and medium‐sized enterprises using management systems standards53
Dual Pathways Toward Net‐Zero–Based Performance Through Responsible Leadership—Mediation of Green HR Practices, Green Innovation, and Moderation of Digital Capabilities53
Can the Adoption of Circular Economy Practices Foster Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Improvements?53
Examining the interaction of sustainable innovation activity and the life cycle of small high‐tech enterprises52
Smart, sustainable, and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context52
Towards Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality Goals: Investigating the Nexus Between Nonrenewable Energy Consumption, Green Finance, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Taxes52
Towards a circular economy: Implications for emission reduction and environmental sustainability52
Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy52
Environmental collaboration, responsible innovation, and firm performance: The moderating role of stakeholder pressure52
Corporate business strategy, CEO's managerial ability, and environmental disclosure: The perspective of stakeholder theory52
Stock market reaction to mandatory sustainability reporting: Does carbon‐intensity and environmental, social, and governance reputation matter?52
Sustainable business models and organizational boundaries—A literature review51
Will China's Carbon Emission Trading Regulation Really Decrease the Green Investment of Firms? A Microperspective on Corporate Governance51
Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable agri‐logistics sector: A Bayesian‐based group decision‐making approach51
How does green intellectual capital boost performance? The mediating role of environmental performance measurement systems51
Executive Green Cognition on Corporate Greenwashing Behavior: Evidence From A‐Share Listed Companies in China51
Circular Economy Adoption in Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From Germany51
Do corporate sustainability initiatives improve corporate carbon performance? Evidence from European firms51
Interrogating the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Sustainable Entrepreneurship50
Gender Diversity Leadership and ESG Performance: The Influence of Women on Boards and in Management50
The real effects of ESG reporting and GRI standards on carbon mitigation: International evidence50
The role of social capital, resilience, and network complexity in attaining supply chain sustainability50
Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes50
Mainstreaming innovative circular economy solutions—A comparative study between entrepreneurs in developed versus emerging markets and developing economies50
Sustainability frontiers of strategic risk management and firm survival: The Altman score effectiveness. A bibliometric analysis50
Does resource bricolage foster SMEs' competitive advantage and financial performance? A resource‐based perspective49
Closing the loop through eco‐innovation by European firms: Circular economy for sustainable development49
Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis49
Circular business model experimentation capabilities—A case study approach49
Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China49
Green consumerism, green perceived value, and restaurant revisit intention: Millennials' sustainable consumption with moderating effect of green perceived quality49
Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data49
Digitalization and prevention of corruption: Opportunities and risks—Some evidence from the Italian university system49
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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 Japan48
Just Do It! Performance Feedback on Green Innovation and Postmergers' and Acquisitions' Green Innovation Performance: Evidence From Emerging Economy Firms48
Building blockchain‐driven dynamic capabilities for developing circular supply chain: Rethinking the role of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring48
Optimizing Sustainable Resource Efficiency: A Fuzzy‐Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Practices in SMEs48
Strategic orientations and responsible innovation in SMEs: The moderating effects of environmental turbulence47
Identification of Barriers and Driving Forces for Circular Economy (CE) Implementation in Water and Wastewater Companies47
Leveraging Green Innovation and Eco‐Technology for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Firm‐Level Productivity Analysis in China and the United States47
‘I wanna be sustainable, but I don't wanna show it!’: The effect of sustainability cues on young adult consumers' preferences47
An examination of UK companies' modern slavery disclosure practices: Does board gender diversity matter?47
Employee Organisational Commitment and Corporate Environmental Sustainability Practices: Mediating Role of Organisation Innovation Culture47
Conceptualising active management of paradoxical tensions in corporate sustainability: A systematic literature review47
Sustainable development and environmental ingenuities: The influence of collaborative arrangements on environmental performance47
When Do Environmental Regulations Lead to Green Practices? The Role of Resource Commitment and Corporate Entrepreneurship47
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 performance46
Can innovation affect the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance issues and financial performance? Empirical evidence from the STOXX200 index46
The added value and differentiation among ESG investment strategies in stock markets46
The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups46
What drives and curbs brownwashing?46
Stakeholder attention and ambidextrous green innovation: Evidence from China46
Sustainable production: The economic returns of circular economy practices45
Digitalization for circular economy and operational excellence practices: A paradox theory perspective on performance improvement in manufacturing firms45
Sustainable Energy Provision at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Blueprint for Early Repurposing Business Models Using Second‐Life Batteries45
Sustainable entrepreneurship support programs in nature‐protected areas: How universities third mission aids sustainability transitions45
Unpacking Productive Dialogues as Building Blocks of Dynamic Capabilities for Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation45
Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields45
Dynamic capabilities for sustainability: Toward a typology based on dimensions of sustainability‐oriented innovation and stakeholder integration45
Accomplishing sustainable performance through leaders' competencies, green entrepreneurial orientation, and innovation in an emerging economy: Moderating role of institutional support45
Addressing the Drivers and Concerns Towards Agri‐Food Strategy: Prioritizing Environmental Management Business Models44
Credit Risk Assessment From a Strategic Sustainability Perspective: The Case of the Nordic Banking Sector44
Digital Platform Capabilities and Circular Economy: Impact of Customer Green Pressure on Frugal Innovative Strategies44
Does National Innovation Layout Spur Eco‐Innovation? The Upper Echelon's Role44
Enhancing Technological and Green Innovation Through Digital Leapfrogging in Manufacturing44
Advancing Sustainable Development Through Environmental Performance Monitoring: The Organisational Life Cycle Assessment44
Unpacking the Role of Digital Dynamic Capabilities in ESG Performance: A Social Exchange Perspective on Organizational Trust and Identification44
Beyond the Board: Does Female Leadership Make a Difference to Corporate Sustainability Performance, Disclosure and Assurance?44
Industry 4.0 adoption and eco‐product innovation capability—Understanding the role of supply chain integration44
Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?43
The influence of governance structure on the relationship between pay ratio and environmental and social performance43
Blockchain technology enabled critical success factors for supply chain resilience and sustainability43
Food supplier sorting model for strategic supply chain sustainable development43
Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration43
Toward a Business‐Oriented Concept of Natural Capital and Its Measurement in Organizations43
Why corporate sustainability initiatives fail to reduce deforestation and what to do about it43
How emotions and green altruism explain consumer purchase intention toward circular economy products: A multi‐group analysis on willingness to be environmentally friendly43
Trends in the dynamic evolution of blockchain and circular economy: A literature review and bibliometric analysis43
Analyzing coordination strategy of circular supply chain in re‐commerce industry: A game theoretic approach42
Interactive effects of brand reputation and ESG on green bond issues: A sustainable development perspective42
CEO foreign experience and corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance42
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