Business Cases for Sustainability
A Stakeholder Theory Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20413239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Schaltegger (0000-0001-7756-5526, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany, corresponding author), Jacob Hörisch (0000-0001-5825-1652, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany), Ralph E Freeman (0000-0002-0721-5878, University of Virginia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 191-212 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization & Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1086-0266 • E-ISSN: 1552-7417 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1086026617722882 |
| OpenAlex | W2739637477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 84 |
The “business case for sustainability” is a notion often referenced in the corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility literature. Whereas some see sustainability and the business case as contradictions and thus emphasize the existence of trade-offs, others highlight how (potential) business cases can be created by managing ecological, social, and economic aspects. Both views have in common that the “business case” is implicitly or explicitly seen as creating financial performance, often for one group of stakeholders, only. The fact that a business case is not a given phenomenon but has to be co-created in the exchange between and with contributions from various stakeholders has so far not been analysed in depth. By taking a stakeholder theory perspective, this article extends the existing research on what business and a business case are about and analyses the understanding of business cases for sustainability and how they can be created with and by stakeholders
Business · Business analysis · Business case · Business model · Business relationship management · Corporate social responsibility · Corporate sustainability · Creating shared value · Electronic business · New business development · Phenomenon · Philosophy of business · Political science · Process management · Product-service system · Public relations · Social sustainability · Stakeholder · Stakeholder Theory · Sustainability · Sustainability organizations · Sustainable Business · Computer Science · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Ecology · Marketing
When Results Eclipse Sustainability
Stakeholder Participation in Local Healthcare Governance, Strategic Development under UN SDG-3
A stakeholder perspective of social sustainability measurement in healthcare supply chain management
Business modelling in farm-based biogas production
Stakeholder theory
A Stakeholder Theory Perspective on Business Models
Berufsbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
New Business Models for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management Services
For a Unified Stakeholder Management Science
Metaphorical Mapping for Sensemaking and Sensebreaking of Stakeholder Relations in Sustainability Frames
Sustainability and financial performance among SDG-reporting fishing and farming firms
Strategic Shift
Industry 4.0 and Structural Transformation
From ESG Performance to Environmental Stewardship
Navigating the ESG Paradox
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Supply Chain Sustainability
Beyond the Reports
Beyond Economic‐Environmental Dominance
Corporate social responsibility and green supply chain efficiency
An assessment of collaborative research in corporate sustainability
Stakeholder involvement and preferences in landscape protection decision-making
Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Vandalism control
Sustainable wine and food products as precursors of sustainable wine tourism
Stakeholder theory
Minimizing the sustainability knowledge-practice gap through creating shared value
Sustainability materiality matrices in doubt
Why is institutional pressure insufficient to develop green innovation in manufacturing firms? The role of green high-performance work systems and managerial environmental concern
Board characteristics and sustainability in higher education institutions
Climate discourses of petroleum corporations in China and the United States
Multifunctional Tetralemma. Framework for the Strategic Management of Moral Trade-offs
Social Trust and Corporate Greenwashing
Shaping the Future of Business Sustainability
Particularizing Nonhuman Nature in Stakeholder Theory
Revealing the Incrementalism Trap in Corporate Sustainability
Stakeholder Theory
Artist-led Practices for the Inclusion of Nonhuman Stakeholders
Does Stakeholder Orientation Improve Firms’ Operations? Evidence from Inventory Management
Corporate Environmental Sustainability Via Stakeholder Collaboration
Stakeholder theory and the knowledge problem
Consultants as discreet corporate change agents for sustainability
Stakeholder Theory Is Dead
Formalizing an integrated metric system measuring performance of urban sustainability
A sustainable performance framework for building a circular economy system at the firm-level
Getting Stakeholders Right
The business case for sustainability in retrospect
The marketing and public affairs of sustainability
Greening Mexican manufacturing
Analysis of the Relationships Between Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development and Organizational Results
Unleashing the power of green culture
The Quest for Low-Carbon Mobility
The Past and Future of Corporate Sustainability Research
The Transition Value of Business Models for a Sustainable Energy System
Positive and Negative Affect and Employee Green Behavior
La innovación en los modelos de negocio de las empresas B de América Latina
Opening doors
L’alignement stratégique de la RSE
Non‐implementation as a driver of circular economy evolution
The Epistemology of Entrepreneurial Responsible Orientation (ERO)
The impact of green transformational leadership, green HRM, green innovation and organizational support on the sustainable business performance
Business orientation and sustainable development
The Sustainable Development Goals as new business norms
Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations
Stakeholder Theory
Greening Goliaths versus emerging Davids — Theorizing about the role of incumbents and new entrants in sustainable entrepreneurship
Evolving sustainably
Trade‐offs in corporate sustainability
The Stakeholder Theory of the Corporation
W(h)ither Ecology? The Triple Bottom Line, the Global Reporting Initiative, and Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Shifting Paradigms for Sustainable Development
The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility
Stakeholder influences on sustainability practices in the Canadian forest products industry
Corporate Social Responsibility, Customer Satisfaction, and Market Value
Concepts and Definitions of CSR and Corporate Sustainability
Business cases for sustainability
Beyond the business case for corporate sustainability
Managing for stakeholders, stakeholder utility functions, and competitive advantage
Stakeholder Theory and “The Corporate Objective Revisited”
Contesting the Value of “Creating Shared Value”
A safe operating space for humanity
Toward Cognitive Plurality on Corporate Sustainability in Organizations
Isomorphism in Organization and Management Theory
Applying Stakeholder Theory in Sustainability Management
Defining and Measuring Corporate Sustainability
Business Models for Sustainability
Getting to the Bottom of “Triple Bottom Line”
Does It Really Pay to Be Green? An Empirical Study of Firm Environmental and Financial Performance
Does the Market Value Environmental Performance
Sustainability
Environmental effects of sustainability management tools
Using sustainable developmentThe business case
The role of corporate sustainability performance for economic performance
Fostering Multiscalar Collaboration and Co-operation for Effective Governance of Climate Change Adaptation
The Nature of the Firm
Should trees have managerial standing? Toward stakeholder status for non-human nature
Corporate Social Responsibility Theories
The Primordial Stakeholder
| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |