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Record Nr.

UNINA9910760261503321

Autore

Vrontis Demetris

Titolo

Business for Sustainability, Volume I : Strategic Avenues and Managerial Approaches

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

3-031-37361-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Cross-Disciplinary Business Research, in Association with EuroMed Academy of Business Series

Altri autori (Persone)

ThrassouAlkis

EfthymiouLeonidas

WeberYaakov

ShamsS. M. Riad

TsoukatosEvangelos

Disciplina

658.4083

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Diagrams -- List of Tables -- 1: An Overview of Business for Sustainability: Strategic Avenues and Managerial Approaches -- 1  Introduction -- 1.1  Context and Theoretical Foundations -- 1.2  Toward a Green Marketing -- 1.3  Orchestrating Sustainability -- Sustainability of Employment -- 1.4  Dynamic Capabilities on Business Sustainability -- 1.5  Innovation Capabilities -- 1.6  Book Content and Structure -- References -- 2: Exploring Consumer Boycott Intention towards Corporate Sustainable Business Practices -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Theoretical Background -- 3  Consumer-Brand Identification -- 4  Socially Responsible Consumption Behaviour -- 5  Boycott -- 6  Study -- 6.1  Conceptual Model -- 7  The Moderated Mediating Role of Perceived Brand Hypocrisy -- 8  Methods -- 8.1  Sampling and Study Procedure -- 8.2  Measures -- 9  Results -- 9.1  Model Fit -- 9.2  Direct Effect Tests -- 9.3  Indirect Effect Tests -- 10  Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 3: Sustainability of Youth Development in Drylands: A Systematic Approach -- 1  Introduction --



2  Methodology -- 3  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) -- 4  Agricultural Production by the Youth in Drylands -- 5  Ensuring the Sustainability of Young People in Dryland Agriculture -- 6  Conclusion -- References -- 4: Investigating the Supply Chain Performance of Agribusiness Firms from the IT Capability and Government Support Perspectives -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review and Theoretical Underpinning -- 3  Hypotheses Development and Conceptual Model -- 3.1  IT Capability -- 3.2  Moderating Role of Government Support (GS) -- 4  Research Methodology -- 4.1  Research Instrument -- 4.2  Collection of Data -- 5  Analysis of Data and Results -- 5.1  Measurement Properties -- 5.2  Discriminant Validity Test.

5.3  Moderator Analysis (Multigroup Analysis) -- 5.4  Common Method Bias (CMB) -- 5.5  Hypotheses Testing -- 6  Results and Discussion -- 7  Implications -- 8  Limitations and Future Scope -- References -- 5: Sustainable Partnership Responses to Prevent Homelessness from Hospital Discharges and Prison Releases: The Case of Leeds City Council in the UK -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review -- 2.1  The Impact of Homelessness on Social Sustainability -- 2.2  The Importance of Stakeholders and Partners in Terms of Preventing Homelessness -- 2.3  Place-based Leadership and Governance -- 2.4  Strategic Management -- 2.5  Theoretical Framework -- 3  Methodology -- 3.1  Secondary Data Collection -- 3.2  Primary Data Collection -- 3.3  Case Studies -- 4  Partner Stakeholder 1: Criminal Justice Partner -- 5  Partner Stakeholder 2: Health Partner Stakeholder -- 6  Partner Stakeholder 3: Third-Sector Partner -- 7  Discussion and Recommendations -- 7.1  Local Leadership -- 7.2  Strong Networks -- 7.3  Diverse Engagement -- 7.4  Learning Together -- 7.5  Information Sharing -- 7.6  Strategy Choice Cascade -- 8  Conclusions and Contributions -- References -- 6: Green Economy and Credit Quality in the European Banking Industry: What are the Opportunities for Sustainability? -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review and Development of Hypotheses -- 3  Methodology and Research Design -- 4  Main Results and Discussion -- 5  Conclusion, Main Implication, and Future Developments -- References -- 7: Corporate Environmental Performance and Bond Ratings: European Evidence -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review and Hypothesis Development -- 3  Data Selection and Research Design -- 4  Empirical Results -- 5  Conclusions -- References -- 8: Are Football Societies Aware of the Relevance of Diversity in Good Governance? The Case of "Pink Quota" -- 1  Introduction.

2  Motivation and Contribution to the Literature -- 3  Methodology -- 4  Results -- 5  Conclusion -- References -- 9: How Do Companies Conceive Sustainable Infrastructure? Evidence from Construction Companies' Reports' Content Analysis -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review -- 2.1  Sustainable Infrastructure -- 2.2  Sustainable Infrastructure Assessment Methods -- 3  Methodology -- 3.1  Research Method and Sample Selection -- 3.2  Data Collection and Analysis -- 4  Findings and Discussion -- 4.1  Project Lifecycle Phase -- 4.2  Components and Subcomponents of SI -- 4.3  Assessment Metrics -- 5  Conclusions -- References -- 10: Weak Sustainable Development Trajectories and Evolving Organisational Physiologies: Empirical Evidence from Greece -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Literature Review -- 3  Methods -- 4  Results -- 4.1  The Business Ecosystem of the REMTh -- 4.2  The Physiological Evolution of Less Competitive Firms in the REMTh -- 5  Critical Discussion and Conclusions -- 5.1  The Organisational Physiology as a Diagnostic Approach and Policy Implications -- 5.2  Limitations and Prospects -- References -- 11: Sustainability



for Healthcare Organisations and Systems: Cultivating Strategy and Governance Processes for a Better Future -- 1  Introduction -- 2  Nurturing Sustainability: Impact on Health Systems and Healthcare Organizations -- 3  Research Design and Methods -- 4  Findings -- 4.1  Digital Transformation -- 4.2  Digital Customer Services Tools -- 4.3  Patient Empowerment through Digital Transformation -- 4.4  Challenges and Barriers to the Processes -- 5  Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 12: Cause-Related Marketing and Philanthropy at Times of Crisis and Increasing Digitisation -- 1  Introduction -- 1.1  The Local Context -- 1.2  The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and Lidl Cyprus -- 2  Literature Review -- 3  Research Design.

4  Findings -- 4.1  The Application of Technology in CRM and CSR -- 5  Discussion and Practical Implications -- 6  Limitations and Directions for Future Research -- References -- Index.