Sustainability and Shared Value in the Interwar Swedish Copper Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9623282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann-Kristin Bergquist (0000-0003-1087-9656, corresponding author), Magnus Lindmark (0000-0002-3293-2318) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-225 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680516000374 |
| OpenAlex | W2505478328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
This study of the Swedish-based mining company Boliden examines the proactive strategies it adopted to deal with the potential for severe environmental problems associated with the establishment of its large copper smelter in the 1920s. The article demonstrates how international networks, personal experience, and knowledge transfer from the U.S. copper industry help to explain the importance given to environmental issues by the Swedish industrialists. It is suggested that the main explanation for the proactive stance of the Swedish managers is that they perceived excessive pollution as working against creating a profitable and sustainable business. This case provides compelling evidence that firms pursuing an agenda focused on earning profits can still deliver environmental innovation and value to the local community, compatible with the concept of creating shared value
Business · Corporate social responsibility · Creating shared value · Industrial organization · Political science · Public relations · Sustainability · Value (mathematics · American Environmental and Regional History · Marketing
The past, present and future of Nordic environmental economic history
Extractive visions
Corporate sustainability towards creating shared value
Long-Term Elasticity of Environmental Demand
The genealogy of mining sustainability
The Swedish nonferrous mining industry and the environmental issue. The case of Boliden business archives
The Swedish nonferrous mining industry and the environmental issue. The case of Boliden business archives
Renewing Business History in the Era of the Anthropocene
Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability
Uniting business history and global environmental history
Sober business
History in corporate social responsibility
The Kreuger Crash of 1932 in memory of a financial genius, or was he a simple swindler
Firm collaboration and environmental adaptation. The case of the Swedish pulp and paper industry 1900–1990
The Limits of “Eco-Efficiency”
The Environmental Impact of Industrialisation in South Wales in the Nineteenth Century
Businessmen Against Pollution in Late Nineteenth Century Chicago
Divergent Responses to Identical Problems
The Nature of the Firm
Making ‘Green Giants’
Atmospheric Pollution and the British Copper Industry, 1690-1920
The Rise of Big Business in the World Copper Industry 1870-1930
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |