Journal Articles

Why Time and Place Matter to How Businesses Approach Sustainability

April 21, 2022
Journal Article

Our study argues that globalization has led companies to disregard their long-term impacts while becoming disconnected from place. Such views of time and place have resulted in a narrow and simplistic approach to sustainability, and we call on companies to rethink their sense of time and sense of place in order to strengthen their sustainability efforts.

By: Daina Mazutis, Natalie Slawinski, & Guido Palazzo

(In)effective CSR Practices in Areas of Limited Statehood: Insights from the Nigerian Oil Sector

April 7, 2022
Journal Article, Special Issue

As a result of neoliberal imperatives, the corporate social responsibility practices of corporations in the Nigerian oil sector are not effective

By: Uchechukwu Nwoke

No Free Lunch: Everyone and Everything is Affected by Political Corruption

March 30, 2022
Journal Article

Firms pay more for investment capital if they are headquartered in U.S. states with higher levels of political corruption. The increase in cost is higher for firms that have poorer internal governance, or less external monitoring by institutional investors or providers of debt.

By: Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain & Lawrence Kryzanowski

Which kinds of company boards support more socially and environmentally friendly practices?

March 23, 2022
Journal Article

Companies’ boards of directors directly influence the social and environmental policies pursued by the corporate world, which plays a major role in the quality of life of everyone in society. Boards with more directors on them, which include more independent directors and more women, and who appoint a CSR board committee, are more likely to pursue socially and environmentally friendly practices.

By: Jan Endrikat, Charl De Villiers, Thomas Guenther, & Edeltraud Guenther

Does GRI Sustainability Reporting Pay Off?

March 16, 2022
Journal Article

Our research analyzed the impact of the adoption of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines in sustainability reporting on Chinese firms’ profitability and the factors affecting this relationship.

By: Yang Yang, Guido Orzes, Fu Jia, & Lujie Chen

Civil Society in Crisis: The NGOization of Palestine

February 23, 2022
Journal Article, Special Issue

We summarize and update our recently published paper that investigated how non-state civil society organisation in Palestine shifted their original governance focus from mobilization and resistance to embrace new governance regimes focused on providing welfare.

By: Lama Arda & Bobby Banerjee

How nature is driving organizations to diverging sustainability pathways

February 16, 2022
Journal Article

By using a socioecological systems perspective, I explain how firms manage natural resource scarcity. It drives firms value that natural environment to become more sustainable, and those that see the natural environment as a tool for economic gain to become more exploitative.

By: Pete Tashman

2020 Best Paper Award

January 19, 2022
Commentary, Journal Article

Presenting the five BAS papers that were the finalists of the journal's Best Paper Award. The papers are open-access until end March 2022!

By: Sarah Stephen

Managing Tensions in Collaborative Cross-Sector Business Models for Sustainability

January 12, 2022
Journal Article, Special Issue

Our study examines the pre-pandemic path of “blood, toil, tears and sweat” that it took to develop telecare in Spain through collaborative cross-sector business models that included government, businesses, nonprofits, and informal actors under the leadership of the Spanish Red Cross. Specifically, we explore in which ways tension management contributed to the development of telecare as a sustainability innovation.

By: Marta Rey-Garcia, Vanessa Mato-Santiso, & Ana Felgueiras

Social Challenges for Business in the Age of Populism

December 14, 2021
Special Issue

We know little about the social challenges that populism poses for businesses. Hence the question arises: how does populism impact business organisations? How do firms adapt to populist regimes and more generally to populist ideas and leaders? Should business leaders challenge populist discourses? Our forthcoming Special Issue seeks answers to these questions.

By: Dorottya Sallai, Marcus Gomes, Magnus Feldmann, Glenn Morgan, & Andrew Spicer

Using sustainable business models to support socio-ecological resilience

December 8, 2021
Journal Article, Special Issue

We argue that there is a need for firms to start organizing their business models in such a way that they support the resilience of the socio-ecological systems - and not just improve their own sustainability performance.

By: Jonatan Pinkse, Domenico Dentoni, & Rob Lubberink

Achieving greater sustainability impact from cross-sector collaborations

December 1, 2021
Journal Article, Special Issue

We take an in-depth look at a cross-sector collaboration (CSC) in the textile industry and how it is governed to achieve its collective goals. Drawing on the business model concept, we unpacked how CSC orchestrators govern collaborative value creation and private and social value capture.

By: Lori DiVito

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