Ecological Transformation in Bulgaria – New Challenges to the Businesses and the Government

Ivanova, Vania; Slavova, Irena

doi:10.26417/ejes.v4i2.p22-34

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“…Opportunistic strategies refer to the exploitation of synergies on the basis of the most immediate economic returns, including the perspective of a reduction of parts of the company's operating costs (Ivanova & Slavova, 2018). INF 3 commented:…”

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Ecological responsiveness and business performance: Four scenarios of compatibility and a multi‐faceted strategies framework

Martinez

2021

Bus Strat Env

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This paper investigates the link between business actors' perceptions of the compatibility between ecological responsiveness and business performance and the level of corporate commitment to address ecological issues. The dichotomy between peripheral (or symbolic) actions and embedded (or substantive) actions traditionally assumed in business research arguably reflects a limited conceptualisation of the link between ecological responsiveness and business performance. It fails to exhaustively explain how companies create, maintain, or disrupt practices that affect the natural environment. Combining insights from a conceptual framework that encompasses four scenarios of compatibility (trade-off, ambidexterity, synergy, and symbiosis) and 50 interviews with 25 management consultants, the results show that perceptions of compatibility are associated with a valence of business responses towards either maturation strategies (accommodative, philanthropic, progressive, and consolidative) or minimalistic strategies (lackadaisical, compliance, opportunistic, and cosmetic). The findings bring greater nuance to key forms of corporate ecological responsiveness, and how business agents' interpretations play a key role in shaping a firm's activities in this domain.

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Section: Synergy: Opportunistic and Progressive Projectionsmentioning

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Ecological responsiveness and business performance: Four scenarios of compatibility and a multi‐faceted strategies framework

Martinez

2021

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Transition to a Circular Economy Model in the European Union – State and Outlook

Ivanova¹,

Chipeva²

2019

IJASOS- International E-Journal of Advances in Social Sciences

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The transition towards a circular economy requires fundamental changes to production and consumption systems, going well beyond resource efficiency and recycling waste.Circular economy is a closed cycle covering each of the three areas: the supply and responsible choice of the producers, the demand and the consumer behaviour and the waste management. It is a model aiming at preserving and increasing the value of resources used in production and consumption, while reducing their impact on the environment, during the whole life cycle of the products. Circular economy has as its immediate objective an optimal management of all resources (material resources, energy sources, water and land use being the main issues). The objectives are to be pursued: create new opportunities for growth and economic performance while reducing resource use, boost the competitiveness and limit the environmental impacts of resource use.This change was recognized in Europe, with the European Commission"s Communication "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe", published in January 2011(COM(2011) 571). In the following years, many European Union and national public policies and programmes were designed and introduced in order to keep abreast of the profound changes the model of circular economy and society brings into our world. In order to successfully meet the EU's resource efficiency targets by 2030, the transition to a circular economy model should become a state priority. The aim of this paper is to draw out the differences and similarities between the EU countries regarding the transition to a circular economy model and to assess progress on this basis. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were employed for data collection and analysis: database research and analysis, descriptive statistics, cluster analysis. The survey results indicate the presence of too much heterogeneity among EU countries in the transition to a circular economy. This suggests that, in parallel with private sector initiatives, public authorities should coordinate, support and promote environmental, economic and social changes leading to accelerate this transition.

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Dynamics of the External Environment (Market) and Strategic Behavior of the Construction Firm

Marichova

2019

Ovidius University Annals of Constanta - Series Civil Engineering

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The dynamic changes in the external (and often inside) environment place every firm in front of serious new and unknown challenges and make it more difficult to adapt to them. Under these conditions known traditional short-term models of corporate behavior have an increasingly limited role and a chance for success. The main problem and goal of the company should be a clearly defined long-term strategy that allows building competitive advantages and performance. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to analyze the impact of a dynamic external environment (market) on strategic behavior by developing a conceptual model: “Dynamics of the external environment (market) - Strategic behavior - Competitive advantages” to be applied and tested in the activity of the construction firm.

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Ecological Transformation in Bulgaria – New Challenges to the Businesses and the Government

Cited by 4 publications

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Ecological responsiveness and business performance: Four scenarios of compatibility and a multi‐faceted strategies framework

Ecological responsiveness and business performance: Four scenarios of compatibility and a multi‐faceted strategies framework

Transition to a Circular Economy Model in the European Union – State and Outlook

Dynamics of the External Environment (Market) and Strategic Behavior of the Construction Firm

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