Sustainable Development: Challenges to Profession of Agricultural Economics

Batie, Sandra S.

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“…The concept of sustainability originated in the academic literature as a concern about the deteriorating environmental and climatic situations as a consequence of the economic and social development of society (Batie, 1989;Munasinghe, 2001;Fadeeva, 2005).…”

Section: Theoretical Underpinningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability as corporate culture of a brand for superior performance

Gupta

Kumar

2013

Journal of World Business

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Sustainability as practice and academic research highlight new challenges and opportunities for businesses. This paper reviews the extant literature to understand the ability of sustainable green initiatives when practiced as a corporate culture to individually create new opportunities for operations, management and marketing. According to current research, business opportunities exclusively available to different functions of a firm can drive its performance. The role of marketing in the achievement of superior performance by virtue of sustainability practices is also explained by the existing literature. Branding literature, however, fails to explain the influence of a brand on sustainability-driven opportunities available to a firm for superior performance. The objective of this study is to explore if a brand can strengthen the ability of sustainability-based green initiatives of managers to drive opportunities available to a firm for superior performance. A conceptual framework grounded in the triple bottom line theory is presented based on the assumption that brand as a stimulating factor can accelerate the conversion of opportunities available to a business into superior performance. Academic and managerial perspectives have been used to draw upon the implications of the model. Both practitioners and academic researchers will benefit from future research on this topic.

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Section: Theoretical Underpinningmentioning

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Sustainability as corporate culture of a brand for superior performance

Gupta

Kumar

2013

Journal of World Business

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104

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“…While many economists are concerned at the degradation of environmental quality associated with modern agriculture, others are concerned with the destructive impact that science-based technologies and modernization have had on lifestyle and culture (Batie 1989). There is a sharp division in the assessment of the role of modern technologies in the pursuit of sustainable agriculture.…”

Section: Sustainable Agriculture Science and Technologymentioning

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Economics of new technologies for sustainable agriculture

Zilberman

Khanna

Lipper

1997

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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Sustainable agriculture is prescribed as a policy approach that maximizes economic bene®ts while maintaining environmental quality. It is argued that this approach is human capital-intensive and encourages new scienti®c developments. To attain sustainability, economic incentives for the development and adoption of precision technologies (with minimal residues that cause environmental damage) have to be developed. Taxation and tradeable permits are desirable policies to attain ®rst-best solutions; however, when heterogeneity and lack-of-information problems are signi®cant, alternative institutions have to be developed. The paper presents and discusses such institutions.

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“…Sustainability is often a vaguely defined concept (Batie 1989). An example is the definition given by Harwood (1988) as quoted by Francis and Hilderbrand (1989): ... an agriculture that can evolve indefinitely toward greater human utility, greater efficiency of resource use and a balance with the environment that is favorable both to humans and to most other species.…”

Section: Economics and Agroforestry 1 John W Brownmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proceedings of the workshop on research methodologies and applications for Pacific Island agroforestry; July 16-20, 1990; Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Raynor¹,

Bay²

1993

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Sustainable Development: Challenges to Profession of Agricultural Economics

Cited by 105 publications

References 28 publications

Sustainability as corporate culture of a brand for superior performance

Sustainability as corporate culture of a brand for superior performance

Economics of new technologies for sustainable agriculture

Proceedings of the workshop on research methodologies and applications for Pacific Island agroforestry; July 16-20, 1990; Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

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