Introduction to the special issue: integrating sustainability in business models
| Autor: | Gilbert Lenssen, Maurizio Zollo, Kerstin Neumann, Itziar Castello, Jorge A. Arevalo, Simone de Colle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Sustainable development
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Knowledge management business.industry General Engineering Learning organization Business model Management Sustainable business Organizational learning Sustainability Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Sociology Sustainability organizations business Research question |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Management Development. 30:941-954 |
| ISSN: | 0262-1711 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/02621711111182466 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue, conceptualized and realized by a group of scholars engaged in the Global Organizational Learning and Development Network (GOLDEN) for Sustainability programme. It aims to adopt the overarching research question of the GOLDEN research programme “How do firms learn to integrate and manage sustainability in their business models, including their organizational purpose, strategy, processes, systems and culture?” as the guiding principle for case selection.Design/methodology/approachThe paper first presents the key ideas underpinning the previous research question and illustrates the research approach and agenda of GOLDEN for Sustainability. Second, it introduces the eight case studies presented in this special issue.FindingsThe cases offer good illustrations of the ongoing transition by both medium‐sized and multinational corporations dealing with learning and change challenges posed by the identification and management of sustainability issues. The selected cases represent firms operating in diverse contexts and industries, and are developed by scholars specializing in various fields connected to corporate responsibility and sustainability.Originality/valueThe paper presents cases of organizations that have made sense of the sustainability challenge and also the different approaches taken to tackle the challenge, and the results stemming from their efforts.. |
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