Business Strategy and the Environment

Papers
(The TQCC of Business Strategy and the Environment is 18. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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From Impact Accounting to Accounting for the Loops: Activating Sustainable Communities for Climate Action500
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Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities340
Board Gender Diversity and Eco‐Innovation: The Moderating Role of Organisational Environmental Orientation322
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?261
Lean Service 5.0 in Dairy Production: An Empirical Evaluation From the Perspective of the Sociotechnical and Circular Economy Approach249
Communication Strategies in Hospitality: A Study on Michelin Green Star Sustainable Restaurants246
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption226
Eco‐Guilt and Eco‐Shame in Translating Green Messaging to Sustainable Action: A Mixed‐Method Application on Sustainable Business Strategies219
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers217
A Proposed Circular Economy Readiness Framework for the Rail Sector, A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework217
How Does Government Supervision Affect Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Attention Allocation and Political Connections203
Fuelling Organisational Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation Disruption: Performing to Be a Pioneer203
Leveraging Supplier Integration for Sustainable Supply Chain Practices: A Governance Mechanism Perspective198
Corporate Governance and Sustainability Disclosure: Challenges and Opportunities for the Libyan Audit Bureau in the Oil Sector198
Culturally Responsive AI: Integrating Hofstede's Cultural Model in AI‐Driven ESG Strategies182
Shared Leadership Between Public and Private Leaders in Sustainable Ecosystems165
From Fragmented ESG Priorities to Disclosure: The Role of R&D Intensity and Board Characteristics158
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling154
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme149
Building Regenerative Supply Chains: A Qualitative Study of SMEs in the Agro‐Food Chains149
Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”148
Strategic Shift: The Power of Green Strategy on Sustainability Performance146
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality141
Antecedents and Moderators for Creating Shared Value in Startups139
When Are Capabilities Necessary? Threshold Effects in Circular Economy Performance Achievement135
Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results135
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go127
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Sustainability Performance—A Meta‐Analysis125
More Than 10 Years on: Does a State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Synthesis Offer New Frameworks to Guide Future Design for Remanufacturing Research?125
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis125
Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability124
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital121
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain121
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model120
Not All Voices Are Green: Unpacking Supportive, Constructive, and Defensive Green Voice Through GHRM and Personality119
Females on Board, Stakeholder Orientation, and ESG Disclosure: An Evidence From the Tourism and Transportation Industries118
The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers110
Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry110
Green Hydrogen for Public Transportation: Insights From an ABM and From Palma de Mallorca Case Study110
What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?110
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes108
Does Mixed‐Frequency Data Efficiently Predict Future ESG Ratings? A RMIDAS‐Based Machine Learning Approach107
Leading Regenerative Transformation: Cognitive Frame Characteristics Shaping Leaders' Approaches to Organizational Development107
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management105
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains104
ESG as a Strategic Pathway to Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Moderated Mediation Perspective in Developed and Developing Economies104
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence104
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?103
Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices103
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business103
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain102
Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research99
Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Legitimacy: Analyzing Firm Performance Through Green Innovation and Technological Turbulence98
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics98
Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation98
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective97
Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation97
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure96
R&D Disclosure and Carbon Performance: A Machine Learning Analysis of Carbon‐Intensive Firms95
Regulation Through Revelation: The Effect of Pollution Monitoring on Labour Demand95
Building Net‐Zero Carbon Supply Chains: The Mediating Role of Supplier Collaboration, Motivation, and Capability in Preferential Relationships94
Circular Economy: A Pathway to Integrated Value Creation for Business and Society92
The Influence of Corporate Sustainability Rating Methodology on Disclosure Behavior91
Will more multinational corporations inflow approach closer toward carbon neutrality? Novel propensity score matching‐difference‐in‐difference evidence across 35 developing countries90
Exploring Heterogeneous Forms of SDG Washing in the Strategic Integration of Sustainability89
Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’89
Green Finance and Environmental, Social and Governance Performance in Africa: Do Financial Innovation and Regional Integration Matter?89
Essential innovation capability of producer‐service enterprises towards circular business model: Motivators and barriers88
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Circular economy business models as pillars of sustainability: Where are we now, and where are we heading?88
The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability87
Does Older Mean Better? Analyses of Boards' Influence on Sustainability Performance87
Beyond Tokenism? Exploring the Impact of Female Employment and Board Representation on ESG Disclosure in an Emerging Economy Under National Vision and SDGs86
Regulations, Openness, and Competition: Drivers of Green Innovation in China's Manufacturing Industries85
Institutional Logics and Stakeholder Stances on Sustainability Reporting Regulation. Insights From the European Union Public Consultation84
Luxury hotels' green practices and consumer brand identification: The roles of perceived green service innovation and perceived values84
Initiating Market Formation Through Local Policy Innovation: Plot Handover as a Driver for Circular Construction83
Carbon‐Cutting Chess: Strategizing Resilient Low‐Carbon Investments for Supply Chains82
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 Sett82
Low‐Carbon Energy Transition and Corporate Carbon Emissions: The Critical Role of Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Institutional Context81
Sustainability trade‐offs in the circular economy: A maturity‐based framework81
Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda79
Framing the evolution of the “environmental strategy” concept: Exploring a key construct for the environmental policy agenda79
A good name is rather to be chosen: The impact of CEO reputation incentives on corporate green innovation78
Effectiveness of Green Public Procurement in Stimulating Green Products and Resource Efficiency in SMEs: Empirical Analysis of the EU Industries78
Interpreting stakeholder ecosystems through relational stakeholder theory: The case of a highly contested megaproject78
Corporate Digital Responsibility and Environmental Outcomes in Services: Mediating Effects of ESG Performance and Green Reputation, and the Moderating Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth77
Applying circular business models in the Chilean construction sector: A system dynamics perspective76
Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors76
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Dynamic Capabilities as a Moderating Mechanism Under Environmental Turbulence in Developing Economies74
Navigating Sustainability Practice in Publicly Listed Family Firms: The U‐Shaped Impact of Family Ownership and the Moderating Role of MBA Leadership74
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms74
Developing dynamic capabilities for the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in Italy: A natural‐resource‐based view74
Geopolitical Risk, Market Indices, and ESG Performance During Crises74
Tracing the Paths to Sustainable Production and Consumption Through Indigenous Directors, Environmental Innovation, and Sustainability Committees74
The relevance of non‐financial disclosure in influencing the cost of capital: Empirical evidence from the agri‐food sector74
Towards sustainability: An environmental strategy choice, environmental performance, and the moderating role of stakeholder pressure73
From Smart Factories to Sustainable Enterprises: How Technological Innovation Bridges Intelligent Manufacturing and ESG Outcomes?73
The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability71
Circular Economy Disclosure and ESG Performance: Signal, Substance, or Symbol?71
Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Predict Investment Intention in Energy Transition by Small Businesses' Owners70
Board Supervision Capability and Sustainability Report Disclosure Quality: Evidence From Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in Taiwan's Construction Industry70
How Circular Economy Innovation Can Backfire on the Environment: Quantifying the Rebound Effect of the Textiles and Clothing Sector69
The perfect combination to win the competition: Bringing sustainability and customer experience together69
Pathway to Entrepreneurial Success Through Green Entrepreneurial Orientation and Environmental Dynamism69
Service Innovation Intentions and Sustainability Transitions: the Case of Cooling Servitization in the Indian Food Cold Chain69
How does green human resource management contribute to saving the environment? Evidence of emerging market manufacturing firms69
Does corruption sand the wheels of sustainable development? Evidence through green innovation69
The Impact of ESG Ratings on Financial Performance: Evidence From Developing Economies68
Corporate Anti‐Corruption Disclosure and Corporate Sustainability Performance in the United Kingdom: Does Sustainability Governance Matter?68
Digital Leadership Capability and Environmental Performance: The Role of Digital Technology Alignment and Digital Innovation68
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Greening Under Pressure: Climate Change Exposure and Eco‐Innovation68
Green Strategies in Family Firms: How Governance Heterogeneity Shapes Environmental Management and Performance67
Achieving Sustainability Performance Through Circular Economy Practices Under the Influence of Open Innovation and Environmental Dynamism67
Analysis of barriers affecting circular economy adoption in food supply chain: A strategic perspective67
Emission targeting and carbon emissions: The moderating effect of female directors67
Beyond the Win–Win Myth: A Labor Process Theory Account of Green Human Resource Management67
From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy66
Exploring potential diffusion pathways of biorefinery innovations—An agent‐based simulation approach for facilitating shared value creation66
Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?66
Sustainable Leadership and Green Innovations: Catalysts for Sustainable Business Performance in the Textile Sector of Pakistan66
Sustainable by Ideology? The Influence of CEO Political Ideology and Ivy League Education on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance66
Measuring corporate sustainability in its multidimensionality: A formative approach to integrate ESG and triple bottom line approaches66
Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries66
A matter of alignment? Effects of product types and environmental claim framing on consumer evaluation of sustainable foods65
Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency65
Fostering circular economy in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of social capital, adaptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and a pro‐sustainable environment65
Exploring Biodiversity Disclosure and Financial Performance in the European Context: The Moderating Role of Board Experience65
The Dual Growth‐Value Transfer Nexus: Sustaining Corporate Performance Among Hidden Champions to Achieve Sustainable Growth64
How Companies Move to Circularity: Internal Reorganizing and Adjustment of External Collaboration64
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Harmony in flux: Unraveling the green innovation with organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and the jazz of organizational improvisation64
Governing Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy for Sustainability: Does Institutional Quality Help or Hinder SDGs Progress Across OECD Countries?63
Corporate Waste Management and Investment Efficiency: Does the CSR Committee Matter? Evidence From France63
Circular Economy Outcomes in Banks: The Role of Environmental Strategy, Women, and the Sustainability Committee63
Empowering Circular Startups: Unveiling the Blueprint for Circular Business Models62
Organising for Circularity: An Empirical Analysis of Project Organising and the Development of Circular Economy Firm Capabilities62
Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules62
Balancing Sustainability and Efficiency: A Flexible Production System With Green Subsidies and Preservation Investment Under Carbon Taxation62
Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate62
Reviewing the Integration of Distributive Justice in the Implementation of Science‐Based Targets: A Systematic Literature Review62
When and How does in‐role pro‐environmental behavior spill over to extra‐role behavior: Two experimental studies in the retail and education industries61
Sustainability Reporting Assurance in Italian Listed Companies: Understanding the Role of CEO Characteristics61
Critical network factors for eco‐innovation in manufacturing: A Delphi study from a triple helix perspective61
CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence61
Analysing corporate forest disclosure: How does business value biodiversity?60
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Can proactive boundary‐spanning search enhance green innovation? The mediating role of organizational resilience60
Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers60
Beyond technique: The role of the multidimensional nature of energy accounting in shaping a better world60
Between Substance and Symbolism: How Resources and Organizational Facades Interact in Voluntary Climate Commitments59
Carbon disclosure policy, external financing needs and the cost of capital: Does financial market quality matter?59
What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns59
Biodiversity reporting by United Kingdom (UK)‐listed companies: A review of extent, content and readability of disclosures59
Green innovation in emerging economies: The role of managerial ties and market learning58
Dynamic Capabilities for Circular Economy: Leadership, Eco‐Innovation, and the Mediating Role of Digital Transformation58
Strategic Green Behavior: Conceptual Foundations and Index Development58
Corporate corruption, business strategy and sustainable environment57
Carbon emissions trading and corporate green investment: The perspective of external pressure and internal incentive57
Unveiling Digital Transformation Challenges in the Rice Supply Chain Toward Sustainability in Thailand: A Strategic Roadmap Analysis57
An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models57
The Impact of Digital‐Green Synergistic Transformation on Firm's Supply Chain Resilience: A Study Based on the Optimal Distinctiveness Theory57
Predicting the value‐based determinants of sustainable luxury consumption: A multi‐analytical approach and pathway to sustainable development in the luxury industry56
Barriers to Low‐Carbon Technology Adoption: Insights From the Automotive Manufacturing Sector in Emerging Economies56
Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?56
Does mandating ESG reporting reduce ESG decoupling? Evidence from the European Union's Directive 2014/9556
ESG Performance and Dividend Payout: The Moderating Role of ESG Controversies and Legal Systems55
The Greyer the Greener: CEO Age and Green Innovation55
Carbon Emissions, Firm‐Level Climate Change Exposure, and Corporate Cash Reserves55
Environmental Reporting and Financial Performance: Evidence From the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries55
How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function54
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Circular Economy Platforms: A Systematic Review53
Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource‐Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments53
The Role of Carbon Trading in Enhancing Enterprise Green Productivity and ESG Performance: A Quasi‐Natural Evidence From China53
Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management52
Top‐management compensation and environmental innovation strategy52
European Ports as Energy Hubs: A Sustainability Index to Assess Territorial Development52
The Impact of Environmental Orientation and Cooperative Internationalization on the Use of Internationalization Support52
Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation52
Sustainable HRM Impact on Employees' Behaviors Through Workplace Spirituality51
Does intrinsic motivation or extrinsic pressure matter more? An exploratory study of small businesses going green and innovation51
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Effective environmental strategy or illusory tactics? Corporate greenwashing and innovation willingness51
Exploring Internal, Market and Institutional Dynamics That Drive Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Portuguese Companies50
Correction to “Determinants of Firms' Initiative and Inertia in Pursuing Climate Neutrality Strategies—Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Evidence”50
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Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs50
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Sustainability Paradoxes in Supply Chains: Analyzing the Effects of Public and Private Regulations49
Tone Symphony in Climate‐Exposed Firms49
Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests49
Can the Adoption of Circular Economy Practices Foster Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Improvements?49
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Does ESG Investing Pay off? Comparing the Performance of ESG and Traditional ETFs Across European and US Markets49
Climate Change, Innovation Efficiency, and Shareholder Wealth: Insights From the Paris Agreement49
Harvesting Value! Exploring How Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Change Farm Business Models in Europe49
Generative AI, ESG Sensemaking, and Environmental Performance: an OIPT Perspective49
How Boundary‐Spanning Search, Design for Circularity, and Artificial Intelligence Powered Analytics Enhance Manufacturer's Circularity Performance?49
The Generativity Mindsets of Corporations: A New Perspective on Ecological Responsiveness49
Sharing is caring for the environment: But why would managers resist shared mobility?48
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Sustainability frontiers of strategic risk management and firm survival: The Altman score effectiveness. A bibliometric analysis47
Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable agri‐logistics sector: A Bayesian‐based group decision‐making approach47
How ESG Shapes the Competition–Stability Nexus in Banking: Nonlinear Evidence From MENA47
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Monetised Externalities and Value Alignment for Strategic Reconfiguration of Circular Business Models: The Case of Smartphones46
Sustainable business models and organizational boundaries—A literature review46
Will China's Carbon Emission Trading Regulation Really Decrease the Green Investment of Firms? A Microperspective on Corporate Governance46
Carbon Performance and Executive Compensation: The Moderating Role of Governance46
Carbon Neutrality and Business Models: Mixed‐Method Study of Business Strategies and Decarbonization Pathways46
Smart, sustainable, and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context45
Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital: A Meta‐Analytical Review45
ESG, Competitive Intensity, and Firm Performance in the Clothing Industry45
Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework45
Carbon reporting regulation: Real effects, external pressures, and internal policies45
Gender Diversity Leadership and ESG Performance: The Influence of Women on Boards and in Management44
Governing the Circular Shift: A Multitheoretical Model of Open Innovation in Circular Economy Ecosystems44
Circular Economy Adoption in Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From Germany44
Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis44
Stock market reaction to mandatory sustainability reporting: Does carbon‐intensity and environmental, social, and governance reputation matter?44
Towards Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality Goals: Investigating the Nexus Between Nonrenewable Energy Consumption, Green Finance, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Taxes44
Unlocking the Social Circular Economy: Value Propositions and Organizational Design of Social Circular Hubs44
Utilising Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Firm Circular Economy Maturity: A Thematic Review via Machine Learning44
Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy44
Knowledge and innovation management in agribusiness: A study in the Dominican Republic44
The Strategic Role of Waste Inventories in Industrial Symbiosis: A Simulation‐Based Perspective on Performance and Resilience of Industrial Symbiosis Networks43
The real effects of ESG reporting and GRI standards on carbon mitigation: International evidence43
Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes43
Mainstreaming innovative circular economy solutions—A comparative study between entrepreneurs in developed versus emerging markets and developing economies43
Building blockchain‐driven dynamic capabilities for developing circular supply chain: Rethinking the role of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring43
How Does Regional Cultural Diversity Drive Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Strategic Alliances and Knowledge Base43
Business research for sustainable development: How does sustainable business model research reflect doughnut economics?43
Dual Pathways Toward Net‐Zero–Based Performance Through Responsible Leadership—Mediation of Green HR Practices, Green Innovation, and Moderation of Digital Capabilities42
Accounting for Impact: How Shipping Partnerships Drive e‐SDG Accountability for Climate Change Measures42
The role of social capital, resilience, and network complexity in attaining supply chain sustainability42
Do financial constraints lead to environmental, social and governance controversies? The role of country context42
Towards a circular economy: Implications for emission reduction and environmental sustainability42
Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China42
Progressing Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Performance via Cumulative Integration of Lean Production, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, and Sustainable Process Innovation41
Green Innovation and Low‐Carbon Operations: The Role of Net‐Zero Capabilities in Transition Towards Carbon Neutrality in Circular Supply Chains41
Measuring sustainable transformation of small and medium‐sized enterprises using management systems standards41
Business and Governance Strategies for Circular Economy Valorization of Construction Timber: A Systematic Review41
Digitalization and prevention of corruption: Opportunities and risks—Some evidence from the Italian university system41
Executive Green Cognition on Corporate Greenwashing Behavior: Evidence From A‐Share Listed Companies in China41
Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data41
Do Corporate Governance Mechanisms Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions? Some Empirical Evidence on Listed Companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan41
Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields40
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