Sustainable International Business : Smart Strategies for Business and Society

• Autore: Arte Pratik
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (524 pages)
• Altri autori: WangYi DowieCheryl EloMaria LaasonenSalla
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Sustainability in International Business: An Introduction -- 1 Background -- 2 Part 1: Economic Sustainability -- 3 Part 2: Environmental Sustainability -- 4 Part 3: Social Sustainability -- References -- Part I: Economic Sustainability -- Realisation of SDGs in Africa: An Impactful Political CSR Approach -- 1 Introduction and Research Background -- 2 The African Progress Towards The 2030 Agenda -- 3 Research Methodology -- 4 Theoretical Framework -- 4.1 PCSR -- 4.2 Neo-institutional Theory and Notions of Legitimacy -- 4.3 Institutional Voids and Development -- 5 Rejuvenating the SDGs in Africa Through Impactful PCSR -- 5.1 The Context of PCSR for Development in Africa -- 5.2 Dynamic Nature of PCSR for Development: The Role of Institutions and Moral Legitimacy -- 6 Conclusion and Agenda for Future Research -- References -- Value Creation Impact: Role of Stakeholders in the Development of Sustainable Foreign Trade -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origin and Definition -- 3 Importance of Sustainability in International Trade -- 4 Strategies for Value Creation -- 5 Impact of Value Creation Strategy on International Trade -- 6 The SDGs in International Trade -- 7 Implications of the SDGs for Sustainable International Trade in Its Three Dimensions -- 7.1 Economic Dimension -- 7.2 Social Dimension -- 7.3 Environmental Dimension -- 8 Cases Applied in the Sustainable Business World -- 9 Closing Remarks -- References -- Reshaping the World´s Supply Chain? A Case Study of Vietnam´s PAN Group Adopting the Circular Economy Concept -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability and Circular Economy -- 3 Vietnam and the Reshaping of the Global Supply Chain -- 3.1 Low-Hanging Fruit Approach to Relocation -- 3.2 The Role of Foreign Trade Investment -- 3.3 A National Policy for Sustainable Development Through the Circular Economy. ; 4 The Circular Economy and the Reshaping of the Global Supply Chain -- 4.1 The Emergence of the Circular Economy as a National Economic Strategy -- 4.2 The Circular Economy and the New Global Supply Chain -- 5 Vietnam and the Circular Economy Movement -- 5.1 The Circular Economy Movement -- 5.2 Circular Economy and the Agriculture Sector in Vietnam -- 6 Circular Economy and Sustainable Transformation of the Agricultural Sector: A Case Study of the Pan Group -- 6.1 Methodology and Data Collection -- 6.2 The PAN Group -- 6.3 More Than Meets the Eyes: The Circular Economy in Action -- 6.4 High Cohesion/Low Coupling Strategy as a CE Approach to Supply Chain Design -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Integration of Internal Audit and Sustainability Functions: A Business Model Suggestion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals -- 2.1.1 Responsible Consumption and Production -- 2.1.2 Climate Action -- 2.1.3 Industries, Innovation, and Infrastructure -- 2.2 Internal Audit -- 3 Role of Internal Auditors in Sustainability Practices -- 4 Case Study -- 4.1 Company Profile -- 4.2 Company´s Sustainability Perspective -- 4.3 Company´s Internal Audit Department -- 4.4 Analysis of Inventory Purchases and Waste Inventory -- 4.5 Proposed Business Model -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Mitigating the Negative Implications of Fake Social Media News on Internationalizing Firms: The Role of Social Media Capability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Internationalization and Legitimacy -- 2.2 Social Media in the Context of Internationalizing -- 2.3 Fake Social Media News Stories -- 3 Conceptual Development and Propositions -- 3.1 Influence of Fake News Stories on Internationalizing Firms -- 3.2 Social Media Capability -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- 4.1 Theoretical Implications. ; 4.2 Practical Implications -- 4.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Network Ties and Opportunity Recognition in SME Internationalization in the Social Media Context -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 The Social Media Context -- 2.2 Social Network Approach -- 2.3 Social Networking Tactics -- 2.4 Social Media and Opportunity Recognition in SME Internationalization -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Case Selection -- 3.2 Data Collection -- 3.3 Data Analyses -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Omnibus Context -- 4.2 Discrete Context -- 4.3 Duration -- 4.3.1 Opportunity Recognition -- 4.4 Intimacy -- 4.4.1 Opportunity Recognition -- 4.5 Reciprocity -- 4.5.1 Opportunity Recognition -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- 6.1 Theoretical and Practical Implications -- 6.2 Limitations -- References -- Part II: Environmental Sustainability -- Green Entrepreneurship as Environmental Commitment and Eco-innovation Among International Businesses: A Review and Research Ag... -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Concept of Green Entrepreneurship -- 1.2 Sustainability and International Businesses -- 1.3 Chapter Objectives -- 1.4 Study Justification and Significance -- 2 Theoretical Review -- 2.1 Legitimacy Theory -- 2.2 Knowledge Spill-Over Theory -- 2.3 Multi-stakeholder Theory -- 3 Research Method -- 3.1 Theoretical Basis -- 3.2 Research Strategy -- 3.3 Search Strategy -- 3.3.1 Identification of a Database -- 3.3.2 Search Strings -- 3.3.3 Exclusion and Inclusion Criteria -- 3.4 Analysis Strategy -- 3.4.1 Bibliometric Analysis and VOS Viewer -- 3.4.2 Thematic Analysis -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Distribution of Articles by Output and by Academic Impact -- 4.1.1 Output -- 4.1.2 Citations -- 4.2 Top Journals that Have Published the 100 Most Cited Articles on Green Entrepreneurship and Its Implications for Climate Ch. ; 4.3 The Intellectual Structure of Knowledge on Green Entrepreneurship and Its Implications for Climate Change in Africa (Co-au... -- 4.3.1 Top Authors and Organizations -- 4.3.2 Co-authorship -- 4.3.3 Citation Analysis -- 4.4 Major Themes/Key Concepts that Have Been Explored and How Are They Related -- 4.4.1 Themes According to Research Categories -- 4.4.2 Themes According to SDGs -- 4.4.3 Green Entrepreneurship and SDGs -- 4.5 Common Environmental Commitment and Eco-innovation Practices Among International Businesses -- 4.5.1 Creative Green Entrepreneurial Practices Among International Businesses -- 4.5.2 Greenwashing and Green International Businesses -- 5 Recommendation -- 5.1 Business Sector -- 5.2 Government -- 5.3 Academics -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Exploring Circular Economy in International Businesses Through the Lens of Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Defining the Circular Economy -- 1.2 Putting Circular Economy in Practice -- 1.3 Conceptual Framework -- 2 The Inter-Link and Variance Between Circular Economy, Sustainability, and the SDGs -- 2.1 The 3 Pillars of Sustainability -- 2.1.1 Social Sustainability -- 2.1.2 Economic Sustainability -- 2.1.3 Environmental Sustainability -- 2.2 Circular Economy and SDGs -- 2.3 Understanding How Sustainability Differs from Circular Economy -- 2.4 The Contribution of Circular Economy Towards SDGs and in Turn Towards Sustainability (Table 1) -- 3 Circular Economy Encapsulated Within International Businesses -- 3.1 The Need for Sustainability in International Business -- 3.2 Current State of International Businesses´ Adopting Circular Economy -- 3.3 Ensuring the Continuous Adoption of Circular Economy in International Businesses -- 4 How Circular Economy Benefits International Businesses -- 4.1 Benefits -- 4.2 The Driving Forces in the Circular Economy -- 4.2.1 Climate Change. ; 4.2.2 Consumer Awareness -- 4.2.3 Sustainability in Business -- 4.2.4 Internal Stakeholders -- 4.2.5 External Stakeholders -- 5 Challenges -- 5.1 Current Challenges that International Business Face Is Implementing SDGs -- 6 Recommendations and Conclusion -- 6.1 Recommended Shifts that International Business Can Implement -- 6.2 Conclusion -- References -- Analyzing Accountability of Weather Index Insurance Service in Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals: A Sustainable Acco... -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Weather Index Insurance Service and Agriculture Sector -- 1.2 Mechanism of Weather Index Insurance Service -- 1.3 Problem Formulation -- 1.4 Objectives of Chapter -- 1.5 Methodology of Chapter -- 1.6 Organization of Chapter -- 2 Review of Literature -- 2.1 Impact of Micro Insurance on Agriculture Risk -- 2.2 Sustainable Accountability Assessment of WII Service -- 2.3 Sustainability Challenges of Weather Index Insurance Service -- 3 Sustainable Accounting Perspective in Measuring Sustainable Service Performance -- 3.1 Need and Significance of Sustainability Accounting -- 3.2 Global Reporting Initiative and Sustainability Reporting Standard for Insurance Firms -- 4 Scope of WII as Financial Service in Insuring Sustainability -- 4.1 Role of Financial Service in Climate Change Risk Mitigation -- 4.2 Sustainable Development Perspective of WII -- 5 Overview of WII in Developing and Developed Nations -- 5.1 Status of WII in Developing Nations -- 5.2 Status of WII in Developed Nations -- 6 Thematic Analysis of WII for Relevance to Sustainable Development Goals -- 7 Discussion and Findings -- 8 Conclusion -- 8.1 Limitations -- 8.2 Further Avenues -- Appendix -- References -- Refurbished Products and Green Mindfulness: A Qualitative Study from an Emerging Market -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Refurbished Products as Sustainable Products. ; 2.2 Green Mindfulness.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable International Business
• ISBN: 3-031-43785-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910770255003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to Management Science Series