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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508436303321

Titolo

Responsible management in emerging markets : a multisectoral focus / / Eric Kwame Adae [and five others], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-76563-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVIII, 380 p. 11 illus. :)

Collana

Sustainable development goals series

Disciplina

338.927091724

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: An Introduction to Responsible Management: A Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Marketing, and Sustainability Management Perspective -- 1.1  Introduction -- 1.2  Corporate Social Responsibility as a Responsible Management Tool -- 1.3  Sustainability Transitions: Sustainability as a Responsible Management Tool -- 1.4  Green Business as a Responsible Management Tool -- 1.4.1  Green Business -- 1.4.2  Green Resources and Sourcing -- 1.4.3  Green Processes -- 1.4.4  Green Products for Green Consumers -- 1.5  A Brief Overview of the Chapters -- 1.6  Alignment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals -- 1.7  Contribution to Theory -- 1.8  Contribution to Managerial Practice and Policy -- 1.9  Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Corporate Social Responsibility -- 2: Benefits of Promoting Micro-Level Corporate Social Responsibility for Emerging Economies -- 2.1  Introduction -- 2.2  Macro, Meso, and Micro-Level CSR -- 2.2.1  Macro-Level CSR -- 2.2.2  Meso-Level CSR -- 2.2.3  Micro-Level CSR -- 2.3  Role of HRM in Micro-Level CSR -- 2.4  Theoretical Foundation of Micro-Level CSR -- 2.5  Benefits of Micro CSR to Emerging Economies -- 2.5.1  Attitudinal Benefits of Micro CSR to Emerging Economies -- 2.5.2  Behavioural Outcome of Micro CSR -- 2.6  Negative Effects on Emerging Economies -- 2.7  The Way Forward -- 2.8  Conclusion -- References -- 3: Assessing the Contributions of CSR Activities



to the Educational Sector -- 3.1  Introduction -- 3.2  CSR Patterns in the Education Sector -- 3.2.1  Training Programmes -- 3.2.2  Teacher Professional Development Programmes -- 3.2.3  Supply of Educational Materials -- 3.2.4  Infrastructure Development -- 3.2.5  Grants and Scholarships.

3.2.6  Provision of Information and Communications Technology Equipment and Skills -- 3.3  Areas of Intervention for Educational CSR Initiatives and Expected Outcomes -- 3.4  Issues in CSR Activities in the Education and Training Sector -- 3.5  The Way Forward -- 3.6  Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Green Marketing -- 4: Green Entrepreneurship: The Case Study of the Kenyan Climate Innovation Centre -- 4.1  Introduction -- 4.2  Methodology -- 4.3  Defining Green Entrepreneurship -- 4.3.1  Three Levels of Analysis for Green Entrepreneurship -- 4.3.2  Green Entrepreneurship at the Micro Level -- 4.3.3  Green Entrepreneurship at the Meso Level: The Value Chain -- 4.3.4  Green Entrepreneurship at the Macro Level: An Ecosystem for Green Entrepreneurship -- 4.3.5  Integrating the Three Levels: The Kenya Climate Innovation Centre Case Study -- 4.4  Conclusion -- References -- 5: SME Green Marketing -- 5.1  Introduction -- 5.2  Green Marketing -- 5.2.1  Green Marketing and SMEs -- 5.2.2  Types of Green SMEs -- 5.3  Drivers of SME Green Marketing -- 5.3.1  Market Opportunities -- 5.3.1.1 An Example: Green Finance Opportunity -- 5.3.2  Competition and Competitive Advantage -- 5.3.3  Government Pressure -- 5.3.4  Stakeholders -- 5.3.5  Social Responsibility -- 5.4  Selected SME Green Marketing Strategies -- 5.4.1  Green Approaches -- 5.4.2  Green Management -- 5.4.3  GM Innovation -- 5.4.4  Other SME Green Marketing Strategies -- 5.5  SME Green Marketing Mix -- 5.5.1  Product -- 5.5.2  Price -- 5.5.3  Promotion and Branding -- 5.5.4  Planning -- 5.5.5  Process -- 5.5.6  People -- 5.5.7  Place -- 5.5.8  Positioning -- 5.5.9  Project Management -- 5.6  SME Green Marketing Practices -- 5.6.1  Biodiversity -- 5.6.2  Clean Energy -- 5.6.3  Green Technologies -- 5.6.4  Sustainable Agriculture -- 5.6.5  Waste Management -- 5.6.6  Water, Sanitation, and Health.

5.6.7  Ecotourism -- 5.7  SME Green Marketing Implementation Challenges -- 5.8  Evaluating SME Green Marketing Performance -- 5.9  The Impact of SME Green Marketing Practices -- 5.9.1  Impact on Society -- 5.9.2  Impact on Labour Market -- 5.9.3  Impact on SMEs' Business Strategy -- 5.9.4  Impact on Customers -- 5.9.5  Impact on SME Internationalisation -- 5.9.6  Implications of Green Marketing Practices for SMEs in Emerging Economies -- 5.10  Conclusion -- References -- 6: The Quality of Information of GRI Standards in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Green Accounting Practices in Argentina -- 6.1  Introduction -- 6.2  Theoretical Background of Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Initiative -- 6.2.1  Sustainability Reporting and the GRI Initiative -- 6.2.2  The Rise of GRI -- 6.2.3  Emerging Economies and Challenges Towards Sustainability Reporting -- 6.3  Application of Green Accounting in Argentina -- 6.3.1  Research Setting: Argentine Local Laws and Regulations on Sustainability Reporting -- 6.3.2  Sample and Data Collection -- 6.3.3  Indicator 201-2 -- 6.3.4  Data Analysis -- 6.4  Findings -- 6.5  Guidelines for Studying Sustainability Reporting Standards in Emerging Economies -- 6.6  Contributions and Conclusions -- References -- 7: Green Human Resource Management and Green Innovation -- 7.1  Introduction -- 7.2  Green HRM -- 7.3  Green HRM: Human Resources Critical to Environment Management -- 7.4  Green HRM to Create Competitive Advantage -- 7.5  Transforming Employee Resources into Unique Capabilities -- 7.6  High Involvement Work System for Green HRM -- 7.7  Green Innovation Through Green HRM Practices -- 7.8  



Power -- 7.8.1  Eco-participation Opportunities -- 7.8.2  Creating Green Teams -- 7.8.3  Transforming Leaders -- 7.9  Information -- 7.9.1  Green Jobs and Attraction and Selection -- 7.9.2  Organisation Culture Management.

7.10  Knowledge -- 7.10.1  Organisation Learning -- 7.10.2  Environmental Training -- 7.11  Rewards -- 7.11.1  Performance Management -- 7.11.2  Compensation -- 7.12  Recommendations -- 7.13  Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Sustainability Management -- 8: Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Operations Management -- 8.1  Introduction -- 8.2  Sustainable Operations and Green Supply Chain Management -- 8.2.1  Current Trends in Operations Management -- 8.2.1.1 Design for the Environment -- 8.2.1.2 Green Labelling -- 8.2.1.3 Supply Chain Management -- 8.2.1.4 Logistics -- 8.2.1.5 Environmental Economics -- 8.2.1.6 Economic Valuation -- 8.2.1.7 Resource Scarcity and Utilisation (Supply and Demand) -- 8.2.1.8 Operations and Technology -- 8.2.1.9 Humanitarian Operations Management -- 8.2.2  Improvement Strategies -- 8.3  Conclusion -- References -- 9: Business Models for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Kenyan Sustainable Enterprise -- 9.1  Introduction -- 9.2  Theoretical Background -- 9.2.1  Sustainable Enterprises as Hybrid Organisations -- 9.2.2  Sustainable Business Models -- 9.2.3  Scaling Strategies in Sustainable Enterprises -- 9.3  Research Methodology -- 9.4  Findings -- 9.4.1  Intertwining to Build Sustainable Business Models -- 9.4.1.1 Intertwining in the Value Proposition -- 9.4.1.2 Intertwining in Value Delivery -- 9.4.1.3 Intertwining in Value Capture -- 9.4.2  Innovating the Business Model to Scale -- 9.4.2.1 Innovating to Grow the Number of Beneficiaries -- 9.4.2.2 Innovating to Grow Impact for Beneficiaries -- 9.4.2.3 Innovating to Grow the Number of Commercial Customers -- 9.4.2.4 Innovating to Grow Products and Services -- 9.5  Discussion -- 9.6  Conclusions: Future Research and Limitations -- References -- 10: "Waste Not, Want Not": Assessing the Determinants of Food Waste Separation and Reuse in Ghana -- 10.1  Introduction.

10.2  Brief Literature Review and Hypothesis Development -- 10.3  Methodology -- 10.3.1  The Study Area and Data -- 10.3.2  Theoretical Framework -- 10.3.3  Econometric Technique -- 10.4  Results and Discussions -- 10.4.1  Socio-economic Characteristics of Respondents -- 10.4.2  Analysis of Indicators for Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Situational Factor -- 10.4.3  Determinants of Households' Food Waste Separation and Reuse Behaviour -- 10.5  Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- 11: A Tri-party Approach Towards Sustainable Plastic Waste Management: A Developing Economy Perspective -- 11.1  Introduction -- 11.2  An Overview of Plastic Use and Waste Management in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 11.3  Early Plastic Waste Management Initiatives in Ghana -- 11.3.1  Plastic Waste Management Initiatives in Ghana -- 11.3.2  Conflicting Expectations of Consumers, Firms, and Government in Plastic Waste Management -- 11.4  Proposals for Sustainable Waste Management: A Tri-party Collaboration Approach -- 11.4.1  Role of Consumers -- 11.4.2  Role of the Firm -- 11.4.3  Role of the Government -- 11.5  Conclusion and Implications -- References -- 12: Towards Sustainable Environment: Does Electricity Crisis Matter for the Effect of Industrialisation and Urbanisation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions? -- 12.1  Introduction -- 12.2  Literature Review -- 12.2.1  Carbon Emissions and the Economy -- 12.2.2  Industrialisation and Carbon Emissions -- 12.2.3  Urbanisation and Carbon Emissions -- 12.2.4  Brief Empirical Evidence -- 12.3  Methods -- 12.3.1  Empirical Modelling -- 12.3.2  Source of Data and Empirical Estimation



Techniques -- 12.4  Empirical Results and Discussion -- 12.4.1  Summary Statistics -- 12.4.2  Unit Root Results -- 12.4.3  Cointegration Results -- 12.4.4  Discussion of Long-Run and Short-Run Elasticities.

12.4.4.1 Long-Run and Short-Run Estimations with Industrialisation.

Sommario/riassunto

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Responsible Management: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Green Marketing and Sustainability Management Perspective.-Part One: Corporate Social Responsibility.- Chapter 2: Benefits of Promoting Micro-Level Corporate Social Responsibility for Emerging Economies.- Chapter 3: Assessing the Contributions of CSR Activities to the Educational Sector.- Part Two: Green Marketing.- Chapter 4: Green Entrepreneurship: The Case Study of the Kenyan Climate Innovation Centre.- Chapter 5: SME Green Marketing.- Chapter 6: The Quality of Information of GRI Standards in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Green Accounting Practices in Argentina.- Chapter 7: Green Human Resource Management and Green Innovation.- Part Three: Sustainability Management.- Chapter 8: Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Operations Management.- Chapter 9: Business Models for Sustainable Development: The Case of a Kenyan Sustainable Enterprise.- Chapter 10: "Waste Not, Want Not" Assessing the Determinants of Food Waste Separation and Reuse in Ghana.- Chapter 11: A Tri-party Approach Towards Sustainable Plastic Waste Management: A Developing Economy Perspective.- Chapter 12: Towards Sustainable Environment: Does Electricity Crisis Matter for the Effect of Industrialisation and Urbanisation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions?.- Chapter 13: Sustainability in the Dairy Sector in Turkey: A Case Study Approach.- Chapter 14. Sustainable Mining in Emerging Economies: A Case of Reputable Mining Companies in Africa.