The impact of a proactive environmental strategy on environmentally sustainable practices in service firms: The moderating effect of information use value

Galbreath, Jeremy; Chang, Chiayang Mac; Tisch, Daniel

doi:10.1002/bse.3428

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“…This result corroborates earlier research indicating that environmental strategy plays a significant role in determining sustainable performance (Appannan et al. , 2023; Galbreath et al. , 2023; Rahuma and Fethi, 2022).…”

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Environmental strategy, green supply chain integration and sustainable performance: examining the synergistic effects

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Fang

Feng

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PurposeManufacturers are facing growing institutional pressures to enhance the manufacturers' sustainability. Establishing appropriate environmental strategy and implementing green supply chain integration (GSCI) are imperative initiatives for them. Nevertheless, prior research has predominantly examined the individual net impacts on sustainable performance. Drawing on the strategy-structure-environment (SSE) framework and configurational perspective, this study investigates the synergistic effects and multiple equivalent combinations of environmental strategy and GSCI under diverse institutional forces.Design/methodology/approachTo empirically validate this relationship, the present study utilizes fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyze two-wave survey data collected from 317 manufacturers in China.FindingsThe findings indicate that individual dimension of environmental strategy and GSCI is not independently necessary. However, when combined, this results in seven equifinal configurations that lead to high sustainable performance. Combining all dimensions of environmental strategy and GSCI leads to the simultaneous achievement of high environmental, economic and social performance under perceived social pressure.Practical implicationsThis study offers firms the flexibility to select from a range of pathways, allowing the firms to strategically filter and develop diverse combinations of environmental strategy and GSCI. These choices empower firms to enhance the firms' sustainable performance while navigating various institutional forces.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature by utilizing the SSE framework to investigate the configurational paths that influence sustainable performance. Additionally, this work introduces the fsQCA method to enhance the understanding of sustainable performance in the literature.

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“…, 2022; Wang and Feng, 2022). The achievement of sustainability goals relies on the continuous improvement of sustainable performance, encompassing environmental, economic and social aspects (Galbreath et al. , 2023; Rehman et al.…”

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Environmental strategy, green supply chain integration and sustainable performance: examining the synergistic effects

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Feng

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“…Fourth, this study contributes to advancing sustainable entrepreneurship in the service sector, which is rather an under-researched topic (Galbreath et al. , 2023), particularly as far as the tourism industry is concerned (Sørensen and Grindsted, 2021).…”

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“…This is mainly due to their great impacts, socio-economic and environmental, that need to be balanced. Conversely, sustainable entrepreneurship in the service sector is rather an under-researched topic (Sørensen and Grindsted, 2021;Galbreath et al, 2023). In fact, services constitute the most dynamic and fastest growing sector worldwide, currently accounting for more than 60% of GDP and 50% of employment globally (UNWTO, 2022), with widespread sustainability implications.…”

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Business model innovation in sustainable entrepreneurship: co-evolutionary evidence from small accommodation firms

Baiocco,

Paniccia

2023

BPMJ

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PurposeThis paper aims to better understand how business model innovation (BMI) occurs in the context of sustainable entrepreneurship, emphasizing the dialectical nature of entrepreneurial relationships. To do so, key interdependencies and reciprocal influences between internal/firm-specific and external/environmental factors underlying BMI for sustainability are analysed through co-evolutionary lenses.Design/methodology/approachA co-evolutionary framework is developed and applied to a longitudinal business model (BM) analysis of 15 Italian widespread hotels, which creatively use historic villages at risk of abandonment to establish their hotels.FindingsLargely influenced by the interplay between internal and external factors, BMI of widespread hotels occurs through multilevel co-adaptations, which are recognised as virtuous by all stakeholders involved. Effective variations of the BM value elements are selected resulting in circular economy practices, which are retained for successful BMI, radical (first) and incremental (thereafter). Knowledge of specific local and multi-local conditions, time awareness and a future-oriented temporal perspective, by both entrepreneurs and policymakers, favour this dynamic.Practical implicationsDeveloping targeted policies and practices based on increased organisational knowledge supported by indicators can help in selecting and retaining successful variations of BMs appropriately in/with time with positive effects on firms' performance and sustainable development.Originality/valueThis study provides a novel co-evolutionary framework that explicitly links sustainable entrepreneurship and BM concepts in the accommodation sector. It further proposes a dynamic and holistic explanation of BMI for sustainability from which the crucial roles of the time-knowledge binomial and circular practices emerge.

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Examining environmental proactivity in the Spanish wine industry: The moderating role of size

Carchano,

Carrasco,

González

2023

Agribusiness

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The value of proactive environmental strategies to achieve and maintain competitive advantages in the business sphere has been widely acknowledged in recent years. However, mixed results can still be found regarding the determinants and consequences of the implementation of such practices. This study investigates the determinants of environmental proactivity in Spanish wineries, focusing on the role of company size in linking internal motivations and stakeholder pressure with proactive environmental strategy using the natural resource‐based view. So far, no research of this type has been carried out for the Spanish wine sector. A structural equation model is proposed based on partial least squares applied to a sample of 251 wine companies to evaluate both the direct relationships and the moderating effect. The study identifies internal motivations, community pressure, and regulatory pressure as determinants of proactive environmental strategy. Company characteristics play an essential role in decision‐making when dealing with environmental issues proactively. Small companies tend to be more influenced by internal motivations, while larger companies are driven to undertake environmental actions based on external pressures. Additionally, we found that managers who take a proactive approach to environmental protection can achieve financial rewards. These findings provide important implications for both policymakers and managers by offering new theoretical and empirical insight into how proactive environmental strategy affects financial performance in the case of Spain's wine companies. [EconLit Citations: O31, Q55, C30].

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The impact of a proactive environmental strategy on environmentally sustainable practices in service firms: The moderating effect of information use value

Cited by 10 publications

References 117 publications

Environmental strategy, green supply chain integration and sustainable performance: examining the synergistic effects

Environmental strategy, green supply chain integration and sustainable performance: examining the synergistic effects

Business model innovation in sustainable entrepreneurship: co-evolutionary evidence from small accommodation firms

Examining environmental proactivity in the Spanish wine industry: The moderating role of size

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