A Triple Bottom Line Dominant Logic for Business Sustainability: Framework and Empirical Findings

Svensson, Göran; Høgevold, Nils M.; Ferro, Carlos; Varela, Juan Carlos Sosa; Padín, Carmen; Wagner, Beverly

doi:10.1080/1051712x.2016.1169119

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“…Several studies investigate triple-bottom-line indicators. In this study, we combine the work of Svensson et al, (2016) who identify a set of indicators through a systematic review with that of Agrawal et al, (2016) who list a set of indicators related to reverse logistics. The indicators merged and compiled into Table 2.…”

Section: Sustainable Value Creation Through Remanufacturingmentioning

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Creating sustainable value through remanufacturing: Three industry cases

Jensen

Prendeville

Bocken

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Remanufacturing is proposed as a strategy to develop circular business models to manage resource loops in the future circular economy (CE). If remanufacturing is to occupy a central role in the CE it needs to be considered from a series of complementary and synchronous business activities. Thus, the aim of this article is to investigate how such an integrated perspective can drive sustainable value creation within the context of remanufacturing business models. This is explored through three business cases: Philips Healthcare Refurbished Systems, Siemens Wind Power, and Orangebox. This 'integrated view' considers remanufacturing activities according to: product design and development; remanufacturing processes; value chain design and management; and marketing and consumer/user relationship. The research question asks, 'Can an integrated perspective drive sustainable value creation in remanufacturing contexts?' To answer this, the research maps a set of triple-bottom-line indicators across the chosen cases. The work contributes to the field by mapping a set of business mechanisms (e.g. warranties, service approaches, partnerships) that can be utilised to co-develop necessary activities in unison for a successful remanufacturing approach. In certain cases, remanufacturing has the potential to add to the triple-bottom-line through such an integrated approach. However, each of the firms are investing in remanufacturing predominantly for profitability and market protection measures and therefore environmental and social components of the triple-bottom-line must be proactively considered.

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Section: Sustainable Value Creation Through Remanufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating sustainable value through remanufacturing: Three industry cases

Jensen

Prendeville

Bocken

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

112

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“…This paper responds to call of researchers like Bastas and Liyanage (2018), Rajeev et al (2017), Svensson et al (2016), or Van der Byl and Slawinski (2015) to further the research work on TBL sustainability and provides an empirical investigation into the relationship of the drivers of the GSC with the environmental, social and economic performance of the firm. It also studies the relationship between the TBL performance and the operational performance of the firm, thereby contributing to a gap in the sustainability literature and surfacing significant implications for businesses.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Unfortunately, most sustainability literature has focused on environmental performance with little focus on integrating social and economic performance into it (Hussain et al, 2018). While implementing TBL sustainability as emerged as a true challenge for firms (Ahi and Searcy, 2015;Klumpp, 2018), there is also scarce research on this particular area of sustainability (Ozanne et al, 2016;Shrivastava, 1995;Svensson et al, 2016). Social and economic dimension of TBL performance have not gained as much focus as the environmental dimension, though they hold as much importance for a firm's success and competitiveness (Bastas and Liyanage, 2018;Rajeev et al, 2017).…”

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“…In fact, TBL implementation poses a serious challenge to firms trying to be sustainable in the true sense (Ahi and Searcy, 2015;Klumpp, 2018). Further, there is a dearth of research on TBL as the focus primarily has been only on environmental sustainability till date (Bastas and Liyanage, 2018;Rajeev et al, 2017;Svensson et al, 2016). Many studies have focused on drivers positively influencing environmental performance of the supply chain, or GSC.…”

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Relationships Between Green Supply Chain Drivers, Triple Bottom Line Sustainability and Operational Performance: An Empirical Investigation in The UK Manufacturing Supply Chain

Pattnaik¹,

Pattnaik

2019

OSCM: An Int. Journal

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Sustainability has assumed salience over the past years, thereby becoming a corporate mantra as well as a promising research area. Most sustainability studies have focused on environment friendly operations contributing to the concept. However, sustainability extends beyond environmental performance to also encompass economic and social performance. All the three factors combine to form the 'Triple bottom line (TBL) performance'. This paper is an empirical investigation of the effect of green supply chain (GSC) drivers on the TBL performance and the influence of TBL performance on operational performance of manufacturing companies in United Kingdom (UK). Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to reveal that GSC drivers like supplier and customer pressure and environmental purchasing positively influenced social and economic performance respectively, whereas ecodesign and production influenced all the three parameters of TBL performance. It was interesting to find that social and economic performance, but not environmental performance, had a significant positive influence on firm's operational performance.

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“…The SDG framework emphasizes how (private) organizations can-and should-contribute to addressing complex societal issues or grand challenges [8], which are rooted at multiple societal levels-social, organizational, and individual. Particularly at the organizational level, the sustainability view redefined performance as a balance between financial, societal, and environmental objectives, also known as the triple-bottom-line (TBL) framework [9][10][11], which is recognized as providing an alternative to the neoliberal, profit-maximizing paradigm [12].…”

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Socio-Cultural Sustainability of Private Healthcare Providers in an Indian Slum Setting: A Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Perspective

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Delivery of affordable healthcare services to communities is a necessary precondition to poverty alleviation. Co-creation approaches to the development of business models in the healthcare industry proved particularly suitable for improving the health-seeking behavior of BOP patients. However, scant research was conducted to understand BOP consumers’ decision-making process leading to specific healthcare choices in slum settings, and the relative balance of socio-cultural and socio-economic factors underpinning patients’ preferences. This article adopts a mixed-method approach to investigate the determinants of BOP patients’ choice between private and public hospitals. Quantitative analysis of a database, composed of 436 patients from five hospitals in Ahmedabad, India, indicates that BOP patients visit a public hospital significantly more than top-of-the-pyramid (TOP) patients. However, no significant difference emerges between BOP and TOP patients for inpatient or outpatient treatments. Qualitative findings based on 21 interviews with BOP consumers from selected slum areas led to the development of a grounded theory model, which highlights the role of aspirational demand of BOP patients toward private healthcare providers. Overall, healthcare provider choice emerges as the outcome of a collective socio-cultural decision-making process, which often assigns preference for private healthcare services because of the higher perceived quality of private providers, while downplaying affordability concerns. Implications for healthcare providers, social entrepreneurs, and policy-makers are discussed.

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A Triple Bottom Line Dominant Logic for Business Sustainability: Framework and Empirical Findings

Cited by 66 publications

References 56 publications

Creating sustainable value through remanufacturing: Three industry cases

Creating sustainable value through remanufacturing: Three industry cases

Relationships Between Green Supply Chain Drivers, Triple Bottom Line Sustainability and Operational Performance: An Empirical Investigation in The UK Manufacturing Supply Chain

Socio-Cultural Sustainability of Private Healthcare Providers in an Indian Slum Setting: A Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Perspective

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