Business Strategy and the Environment

Papers
(The TQCC of Business Strategy and the Environment is 20. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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From Impact Accounting to Accounting for the Loops: Activating Sustainable Communities for Climate Action488
Driving toward business sustainability: Empirical evidence from low‐carbon practices357
More Than 10 Years on: Does a State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Synthesis Offer New Frameworks to Guide Future Design for Remanufacturing Research?327
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Sustainability Performance—A Meta‐Analysis310
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Open strategy and dynamic capabilities: A framework for circular economy business models research251
Beyond external pressures: How work conditions harm employees' social and environmental responsibilities250
Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results242
Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence241
Board Gender Diversity and Eco‐Innovation: The Moderating Role of Organisational Environmental Orientation213
Stemming the tide: Does climate risk affect M&A performance?213
Degrowth attitudes among entrepreneurs hinder fast venture scaling206
Lean Service 5.0 in Dairy Production: An Empirical Evaluation From the Perspective of the Sociotechnical and Circular Economy Approach204
Communication Strategies in Hospitality: A Study on Michelin Green Star Sustainable Restaurants193
Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability193
‘Do I share because I care?’: Investigating the factors influencing consumer's adoption of shared consumption193
Eco‐Guilt and Eco‐Shame in Translating Green Messaging to Sustainable Action: A Mixed‐Method Application on Sustainable Business Strategies192
A Proposed Circular Economy Readiness Framework for the Rail Sector, A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework178
A cluster analysis of the global wind power industry: Insights for renewable energy business stakeholders and environmental policy decision makers162
Fuelling Organisational Capabilities for Sustainable Innovation Disruption: Performing to Be a Pioneer160
How Does Government Supervision Affect Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Attention Allocation and Political Connections152
Managing sustainability—Does the integration of environmental, social and governance key performance indicators in the internal management systems contribute to companies' environmental, social and go147
Leading Regenerative Transformation: Cognitive Frame Characteristics Shaping Leaders' Approaches to Organizational Development145
Mitigating excessive financialization or promoting innovation? Productivity effects of China's carbon emission trading scheme145
Leveraging Supplier Integration for Sustainable Supply Chain Practices: A Governance Mechanism Perspective144
Corporate Governance and Sustainability Disclosure: Challenges and Opportunities for the Libyan Audit Bureau in the Oil Sector143
Circular business model innovation and cognitive framing: Addressing the “missing micro”140
Antecedents and Moderators for Creating Shared Value in Startups139
Culturally Responsive AI: Integrating Hofstede's Cultural Model in AI‐Driven ESG Strategies137
Shared Leadership Between Public and Private Leaders in Sustainable Ecosystems136
Analyzing the integrated effect of circular economy, Lean Six Sigma, and Industry 4.0 on sustainable manufacturing performance from a practice‐based view perspective130
Building Regenerative Supply Chains: A Qualitative Study of SMEs in the Agro‐Food Chains124
The tone of buyer firms' annual reports and suppliers' green innovation: The spillover effects in the supply chain123
Navigating a net‐zero economy future: Antecedents and consequences of net‐zero economy‐based green innovation123
Transparency or Map‐Washing? Digital Geospatial Visualisation Tools in the Palm Oil Industry122
The formation of a sustainable organizational identity: Insights from Brazilian coffee producers120
How the social dimension of ESG influences CEO compensation: Role of CEO and board characteristics120
Role of supplier engagement to reduce Scope 3 emissions in circular supply chains118
Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Legitimacy: Analyzing Firm Performance Through Green Innovation and Technological Turbulence118
Determinants of firms' initiative and inertia in pursuing climate neutrality strategies—Theoretical explanations and empirical evidence117
Examining the interactions among smart supply chains and carbon reduction strategies: To attain carbon neutrality116
Females on Board, Stakeholder Orientation, and ESG Disclosure: An Evidence From the Tourism and Transportation Industries115
What are the factors that most influence the formation of workers' labor values in order to achieve sustainable development in Latin America?112
Connecting businesses and biodiversity conservation through community organizing: The case of babassu breaker women in Brazil109
Rethinking dynamic capabilities in light of sustainability: A bibliometric analysis108
Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation108
Strategic Shift: The Power of Green Strategy on Sustainability Performance107
Green Hydrogen for Public Transportation: Insights From an ABM and From Palma de Mallorca Case Study107
Environmental, social, and governance reporting in family firms: The critical role of CEO attributes107
Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?105
Big Data capability and sustainability oriented innovation: The mediating role of intellectual capital105
Greening the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain104
Towards sustainable development in the hospitality sector: Does green human resource management stimulate green creativity? A moderated mediation model104
Social, environmental, and economic dimensions of innovation capabilities: Theorizing from sustainable business103
The effect of digitalization on sustainability reporting: The role of sustainability competence, green knowledge integration, and stakeholder pressure102
Not All Voices Are Green: Unpacking Supportive, Constructive, and Defensive Green Voice Through GHRM and Personality102
In the search for greener buildings: The role of green human resource management102
R&D Disclosure and Carbon Performance: A Machine Learning Analysis of Carbon‐Intensive Firms99
Regulation Through Revelation: The Effect of Pollution Monitoring on Labour Demand97
Building Net‐Zero Carbon Supply Chains: The Mediating Role of Supplier Collaboration, Motivation, and Capability in Preferential Relationships97
Circular Economy: A Pathway to Integrated Value Creation for Business and Society96
The Influence of Corporate Sustainability Rating Methodology on Disclosure Behavior95
Will more multinational corporations inflow approach closer toward carbon neutrality? Novel propensity score matching‐difference‐in‐difference evidence across 35 developing countries95
Effectiveness of Green Public Procurement in Stimulating Green Products and Resource Efficiency in SMEs: Empirical Analysis of the EU Industries93
How Circular Economy Innovation Can Backfire on the Environment: Quantifying the Rebound Effect of the Textiles and Clothing Sector92
Exploring Heterogeneous Forms of SDG Washing in the Strategic Integration of Sustainability91
Sustainability trade‐offs in the circular economy: A maturity‐based framework91
The perfect combination to win the competition: Bringing sustainability and customer experience together91
Corporate Digital Responsibility and Environmental Outcomes in Services: Mediating Effects of ESG Performance and Green Reputation, and the Moderating Influence of Electronic Word of Mouth91
Developing dynamic capabilities for the circular economy in the textile and clothing industry in Italy: A natural‐resource‐based view90
The relevance of non‐financial disclosure in influencing the cost of capital: Empirical evidence from the agri‐food sector90
Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of U.S. oil and gas firms89
Interpreting stakeholder ecosystems through relational stakeholder theory: The case of a highly contested megaproject88
Green Finance and Environmental, Social and Governance Performance in Africa: Do Financial Innovation and Regional Integration Matter?86
Corporate Anti‐Corruption Disclosure and Corporate Sustainability Performance in the United Kingdom: Does Sustainability Governance Matter?86
A good name is rather to be chosen: The impact of CEO reputation incentives on corporate green innovation86
Applying circular business models in the Chilean construction sector: A system dynamics perspective86
Carbon‐Cutting Chess: Strategizing Resilient Low‐Carbon Investments for Supply Chains85
Greening Under Pressure: Climate Change Exposure and Eco‐Innovation84
Essential innovation capability of producer‐service enterprises towards circular business model: Motivators and barriers84
Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’84
Circular economy business models as pillars of sustainability: Where are we now, and where are we heading?83
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The role of place in shaping responsibility logics: Revisiting the relation between place and business sustainability82
Board Supervision Capability and Sustainability Report Disclosure Quality: Evidence From Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises in Taiwan's Construction Industry82
Does Older Mean Better? Analyses of Boards' Influence on Sustainability Performance82
Beyond Tokenism? Exploring the Impact of Female Employment and Board Representation on ESG Disclosure in an Emerging Economy Under National Vision and SDGs82
Navigating Sustainability Practice in Publicly Listed Family Firms: The U‐Shaped Impact of Family Ownership and the Moderating Role of MBA Leadership81
Supply chain transformative capabilities and their microfoundations for circular economy transition: A qualitative study in Made in Italy sectors80
Geopolitical Risk, Market Indices, and ESG Performance During Crises79
From Smart Factories to Sustainable Enterprises: How Technological Innovation Bridges Intelligent Manufacturing and ESG Outcomes?78
Towards sustainability: An environmental strategy choice, environmental performance, and the moderating role of stakeholder pressure78
The Impact of ESG Ratings on Financial Performance: Evidence From Developing Economies77
Circular Economy Disclosure and ESG Performance: Signal, Substance, or Symbol?77
Pathway to Entrepreneurial Success Through Green Entrepreneurial Orientation and Environmental Dynamism75
Does corruption sand the wheels of sustainable development? Evidence through green innovation75
Institutional Logics and Stakeholder Stances on Sustainability Reporting Regulation. Insights From the European Union Public Consultation73
The Impact of Family Determinants on the Media Coverage of Family Business Activism in Sustainability73
Framing the evolution of the “environmental strategy” concept: Exploring a key construct for the environmental policy agenda73
How does green human resource management contribute to saving the environment? Evidence of emerging market manufacturing firms72
Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Predict Investment Intention in Energy Transition by Small Businesses' Owners72
Luxury hotels' green practices and consumer brand identification: The roles of perceived green service innovation and perceived values71
Navigating value networks to co‐create sustainable business models: An actionable staging approach71
Low‐Carbon Energy Transition and Corporate Carbon Emissions: The Critical Role of Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Institutional Context71
Initiating Market Formation Through Local Policy Innovation: Plot Handover as a Driver for Circular Construction71
Tracing the Paths to Sustainable Production and Consumption Through Indigenous Directors, Environmental Innovation, and Sustainability Committees71
Digital Leadership Capability and Environmental Performance: The Role of Digital Technology Alignment and Digital Innovation71
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 Sett71
Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda70
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Carbon disclosure policy, external financing needs and the cost of capital: Does financial market quality matter?69
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Emission targeting and carbon emissions: The moderating effect of female directors69
Achieving Sustainability Performance Through Circular Economy Practices Under the Influence of Open Innovation and Environmental Dynamism68
Analysis of barriers affecting circular economy adoption in food supply chain: A strategic perspective67
Unveiling Digital Transformation Challenges in the Rice Supply Chain Toward Sustainability in Thailand: A Strategic Roadmap Analysis67
Beyond the Win–Win Myth: A Labor Process Theory Account of Green Human Resource Management67
How Companies Move to Circularity: Internal Reorganizing and Adjustment of External Collaboration67
The Dual Growth‐Value Transfer Nexus: Sustaining Corporate Performance Among Hidden Champions to Achieve Sustainable Growth67
Harmony in flux: Unraveling the green innovation with organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and the jazz of organizational improvisation67
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Sustainability Reporting Assurance in Italian Listed Companies: Understanding the Role of CEO Characteristics66
CEO Power and Carbon Emissions Management: Australian Evidence66
The Greyer the Greener: CEO Age and Green Innovation66
Circular Economy Outcomes in Banks: The Role of Environmental Strategy, Women, and the Sustainability Committee65
Critical network factors for eco‐innovation in manufacturing: A Delphi study from a triple helix perspective65
Governing Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy for Sustainability: Does Institutional Quality Help or Hinder SDGs Progress Across OECD Countries?65
Balancing Sustainability and Efficiency: A Flexible Production System With Green Subsidies and Preservation Investment Under Carbon Taxation65
Corporate Waste Management and Investment Efficiency: Does the CSR Committee Matter? Evidence From France65
An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models64
Reviewing the Integration of Distributive Justice in the Implementation of Science‐Based Targets: A Systematic Literature Review64
Organising for Circularity: An Empirical Analysis of Project Organising and the Development of Circular Economy Firm Capabilities64
European Ports as Energy Hubs: A Sustainability Index to Assess Territorial Development63
Barriers to Low‐Carbon Technology Adoption: Insights From the Automotive Manufacturing Sector in Emerging Economies63
Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That Requires More Rules63
A matter of alignment? Effects of product types and environmental claim framing on consumer evaluation of sustainable foods63
Dynamic Capabilities for Circular Economy: Leadership, Eco‐Innovation, and the Mediating Role of Digital Transformation63
Empowering Circular Startups: Unveiling the Blueprint for Circular Business Models63
Exploring Biodiversity Disclosure and Financial Performance in the European Context: The Moderating Role of Board Experience63
Does Managerial Ability Improve Environmental Performance and Overall ESG Ratings? The Impact of the European Sustainability Reporting Mandate62
When and How does in‐role pro‐environmental behavior spill over to extra‐role behavior: Two experimental studies in the retail and education industries62
Exploring potential diffusion pathways of biorefinery innovations—An agent‐based simulation approach for facilitating shared value creation62
Sustainable by Ideology? The Influence of CEO Political Ideology and Ivy League Education on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance62
Sustainable Leadership and Green Innovations: Catalysts for Sustainable Business Performance in the Textile Sector of Pakistan62
Carbon Emissions, Firm‐Level Climate Change Exposure, and Corporate Cash Reserves61
Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation61
Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency61
How Do Institutional Pressures Reshape the Association Between Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Firm Value in Emerging Economies? The Moderating Role of the Audit Committee Function61
Beyond technique: The role of the multidimensional nature of energy accounting in shaping a better world61
Effective environmental strategy or illusory tactics? Corporate greenwashing and innovation willingness61
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Fostering circular economy in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of social capital, adaptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and a pro‐sustainable environment60
Can proactive boundary‐spanning search enhance green innovation? The mediating role of organizational resilience60
Heterogeneity of Green Investments, Firms' Sales, and Wages: Italian Evidence on Circular Economy, Resource‐Saving, and Energy Efficiency Investments59
Environmental Reporting and Financial Performance: Evidence From the Banking Sector in BRICS Countries59
Sound Financial Practices and Entrepreneurs' Socio‐Environmental Commitment: Revealing the Role of Financial Barriers59
Analysing corporate forest disclosure: How does business value biodiversity?59
Green innovation in emerging economies: The role of managerial ties and market learning58
Top‐management compensation and environmental innovation strategy58
What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns58
Corporate corruption, business strategy and sustainable environment58
Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?58
Does mandating ESG reporting reduce ESG decoupling? Evidence from the European Union's Directive 2014/9558
Biodiversity reporting by United Kingdom (UK)‐listed companies: A review of extent, content and readability of disclosures57
The Role of Carbon Trading in Enhancing Enterprise Green Productivity and ESG Performance: A Quasi‐Natural Evidence From China57
Board gender diversity and ESG decoupling: Does religiosity matter?57
Measuring corporate sustainability in its multidimensionality: A formative approach to integrate ESG and triple bottom line approaches56
Economic complexity and environmental degradation: Evidence from OECD countries56
ESG Performance and Dividend Payout: The Moderating Role of ESG Controversies and Legal Systems56
Predicting the value‐based determinants of sustainable luxury consumption: A multi‐analytical approach and pathway to sustainable development in the luxury industry56
Sustainable HRM Impact on Employees' Behaviors Through Workplace Spirituality56
Circular Economy Platforms: A Systematic Review56
From Niches to Global Value Chains: The Role of Firms' Collaborative Strategies in the Bioeconomy55
Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management55
Carbon emissions trading and corporate green investment: The perspective of external pressure and internal incentive55
Does intrinsic motivation or extrinsic pressure matter more? An exploratory study of small businesses going green and innovation54
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Between Substance and Symbolism: How Resources and Organizational Facades Interact in Voluntary Climate Commitments54
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Tone Symphony in Climate‐Exposed Firms54
Progressing Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Performance via Cumulative Integration of Lean Production, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, and Sustainable Process Innovation53
How Boundary‐Spanning Search, Design for Circularity, and Artificial Intelligence Powered Analytics Enhance Manufacturer's Circularity Performance?53
Does ESG Investing Pay off? Comparing the Performance of ESG and Traditional ETFs Across European and US Markets53
Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs52
Sustainability frontiers of strategic risk management and firm survival: The Altman score effectiveness. A bibliometric analysis52
Is ESG Transparency the Fruit of Corporate Digitalization: Strategic Pathways to Enhanced ESG Disclosure?52
The Strategic Role of Waste Inventories in Industrial Symbiosis: A Simulation‐Based Perspective on Performance and Resilience of Industrial Symbiosis Networks51
Corporate business strategy, CEO's managerial ability, and environmental disclosure: The perspective of stakeholder theory51
Virtuous circles: Transformative impact and challenges of the social and solidarity circular economy51
Digitalization and prevention of corruption: Opportunities and risks—Some evidence from the Italian university system51
Exploring Internal, Market and Institutional Dynamics That Drive Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Portuguese Companies50
Translating Circularity Into Strategy: A Governance Meta‐Capability Framework50
Correction to “Determinants of Firms' Initiative and Inertia in Pursuing Climate Neutrality Strategies—Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Evidence”50
How Does Regional Cultural Diversity Drive Firms' Environmental Innovation? The Role of Strategic Alliances and Knowledge Base50
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Business research for sustainable development: How does sustainable business model research reflect doughnut economics?49
Harvesting Value! Exploring How Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices Change Farm Business Models in Europe49
Can the Adoption of Circular Economy Practices Foster Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Improvements?49
Dual Pathways Toward Net‐Zero–Based Performance Through Responsible Leadership—Mediation of Green HR Practices, Green Innovation, and Moderation of Digital Capabilities49
Sustainability Paradoxes in Supply Chains: Analyzing the Effects of Public and Private Regulations49
Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests49
The Generativity Mindsets of Corporations: A New Perspective on Ecological Responsiveness48
Evaluation of strategies to manage risks in smart, sustainable agri‐logistics sector: A Bayesian‐based group decision‐making approach48
Climate Change, Innovation Efficiency, and Shareholder Wealth: Insights From the Paris Agreement48
Towards Climate Resilience and Carbon Neutrality Goals: Investigating the Nexus Between Nonrenewable Energy Consumption, Green Finance, Eco‐Innovation, and Green Taxes47
Sharing is caring for the environment: But why would managers resist shared mobility?47
Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes47
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Interrogating the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Sustainable Entrepreneurship46
Do Corporate Governance Mechanisms Help to Reduce Carbon Emissions? Some Empirical Evidence on Listed Companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan46
Carbon reporting regulation: Real effects, external pressures, and internal policies46
Generative AI, ESG Sensemaking, and Environmental Performance: an OIPT Perspective46
Smart, sustainable, and resilient food supply chains in disruptive events context46
Utilising Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Firm Circular Economy Maturity: A Thematic Review via Machine Learning46
Circular Economy Adoption in Manufacturing Firms: Evidence From Germany46
ESG, Competitive Intensity, and Firm Performance in the Clothing Industry46
Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data45
Unlocking the Social Circular Economy: Value Propositions and Organizational Design of Social Circular Hubs45
The real effects of ESG reporting and GRI standards on carbon mitigation: International evidence45
Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis45
Green Innovation and Low‐Carbon Operations: The Role of Net‐Zero Capabilities in Transition Towards Carbon Neutrality in Circular Supply Chains45
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Monetised Externalities and Value Alignment for Strategic Reconfiguration of Circular Business Models: The Case of Smartphones44
Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China44
Carbon Neutrality and Business Models: Mixed‐Method Study of Business Strategies and Decarbonization Pathways44
The role of social capital, resilience, and network complexity in attaining supply chain sustainability44
How ESG Shapes the Competition–Stability Nexus in Banking: Nonlinear Evidence From MENA43
Stock market reaction to mandatory sustainability reporting: Does carbon‐intensity and environmental, social, and governance reputation matter?43
Building blockchain‐driven dynamic capabilities for developing circular supply chain: Rethinking the role of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring43
Does resource bricolage foster SMEs' competitive advantage and financial performance? A resource‐based perspective43
Knowledge and innovation management in agribusiness: A study in the Dominican Republic43
Will China's Carbon Emission Trading Regulation Really Decrease the Green Investment of Firms? A Microperspective on Corporate Governance43
Do financial constraints lead to environmental, social and governance controversies? The role of country context43
Accounting for Impact: How Shipping Partnerships Drive e‐SDG Accountability for Climate Change Measures43
Advancing Sustainable Development Through Environmental Performance Monitoring: The Organisational Life Cycle Assessment42
Beyond Case Studies: Mapping the Geography of Firm‐Level Circularity42
Gender Diversity Leadership and ESG Performance: The Influence of Women on Boards and in Management42
Mainstreaming innovative circular economy solutions—A comparative study between entrepreneurs in developed versus emerging markets and developing economies42
Green Minds, Green Outcomes: Green Intellectual Capital Drives Environmental Performance via Creativity, Moderated by Leadership and Regulations in Ghana42
Food supplier sorting model for strategic supply chain sustainable development42
Sustainable business models and organizational boundaries—A literature review42
Towards a circular economy: Implications for emission reduction and environmental sustainability42
Climate Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Carbon Information Disclosure Catering Behavior: An Empirical Study Based on Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises42
Does National Innovation Layout Spur Eco‐Innovation? The Upper Echelon's Role42
Executive Green Cognition on Corporate Greenwashing Behavior: Evidence From A‐Share Listed Companies in China42
Measuring sustainable transformation of small and medium‐sized enterprises using management systems standards42
Carbon Performance and Executive Compensation: The Moderating Role of Governance42
Explaining Green Innovation From a Knowledge‐Based Dynamic Capabilities Perspective41
Unpacking Productive Dialogues as Building Blocks of Dynamic Capabilities for Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation41
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