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Basch, Richard J. "Capitalization Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10684791.

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<p> Over the past 15 years, privately held small businesses generated nearly two-thirds of the net job growth in the United States, yet much of what scholars know regarding the capitalization challenges faced by small businesses is limited to data from large corporations. In 2013 alone, business bankruptcies numbered 33,212, and each year approximately 10% to 12% of U.S. small businesses close. Ineffective capitalization strategies coupled with a limited understanding of funding options frequently results in unsustainable business practices. In this multiple case study, the capital budgeting t

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Ferry, Andrea Joy. "Understanding the antecedents of employee sustainability behaviours: measuring and theorising self- and collective efficacy for sustainability." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27828.

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Organisations are increasingly committing to ambitious new environmental and social sustainability goals that will necessitate employees across the organisation changing their workplace behaviours. While both practitioners and scholars recognise the benefit of integrating sustainability into everyday work, we have less of an understanding about the antecedents of employees' sustainability behaviours. The psychological literature identifies efficacy - the perception of one's own ability (self-efficacy) and one's group's ability (collective efficacy) to complete a task successfully - as a measur

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Jakes, Lyndabelle Virgil. "Success Strategies of Small Business Owners." Thesis, Walden University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10751428.

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<p> In the United States, 20% of newly established small businesses, including small businesses in the life insurance industry, fail within 2 years, and over 50% of them fail during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify and explore the strategies that life insurance brokerage owners use to sustain business operations beyond 5 years. Porter’s 5 forces model served as the conceptual framework for exploring this subject matter. Owners of 3 separate small life insurance brokerage firms in Texas, who sustained their businesses beyond 5 years, participated

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Chilik, Inna, Kim L. Edens, Kurt Klusch, and Peter Ralph. "Assessment of Sustainability Maturity Models for Business Transformation." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18278.

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Business organisations, given their size, influence, and global impact on finite planetary resources, are the key economic drivers contributing to unsustainable growth. Sustainability Maturity Models (SMMs) were developed as a tool to assist organisations to recognise and incorporate practices identified as pivotal to achieving business transformation. The Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) approach was used to develop an analytical tool to assess the robustness of two of the aspects of SMMs, specifically structure and process. Interviews with model designers were also conducted. The rese

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Adoukonou, Victor K. "Strategies for Small Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6501.

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Small businesses represent more than 99% of all employers in the United States, but more than 50% of small businesses have failed before 5 years. Climate change, digitization, and social media contribute to a paradigm shift in consumers' habits, as more consumers have become environmentally and social justice conscious. Business leaders who are unable to follow the consumers' trends and changes of habit may not succeed in sustaining their businesses. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies owners of small businesses in the District of Columbia use to sustain their bus

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Lopez, Lira Arjona Alfonso. "Inter-firm knowledge transfer and experiential learning| A business sustainability approach on SME's absorptive capacity." Thesis, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico), 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3570884.

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<p>In emerging economies, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are threatened by continuous political and economic changes. In such uncertain environments, knowledge is the distinctive factor for the achievement of a competitive advantage. However, limited funds and pressure from competitors force SMEs to seek for external sources of knowledge. </p><p> The Multinational Corporation (MNC) represents an alternative for business sustainability within the value chain, including both suppliers and clients. In the aim for pursuing such endeavor, a conceptual framework including inter-firm kno

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Stamler, Wayne Philip. "Closing the Innovation Gap for Business Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2507.

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Senior business leaders may deliberately impede innovation or inadvertently fail at creating a culture of innovation to foster new product development. The gap between desired and achieved levels of innovation is cause for concern. Addressing the innovation gap may require new ways of thinking from senior executives and a departure from a locked-in mindset to make the linkage between innovation, branding, and financial performance. In this quantitative research study, multiple regression analyses were used to examine and analyze the relationship between innovation rankings, brand valuation, an

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Ring, Teodor, and Simon Truija. "Corporate approach to Sustainability : A case study on Swedish companies." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-44805.

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The purpose of this research is to understand how the two Swedish companies haveintegrated sustainability into their business, and what the effects of being Sustainable are. By having this insight, the study can provide the academics and other businesses how companiescan relate to sustainable issues and work more proactively. This research has had a qualitative approach when collecting data through interviews. The authors in this multiple case study have moved between the empirical data and gathered theory, making it an abductive research approach. The conclusion of this research is that the i

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Warren, Gabriel E. "Small Business Strategies for Sustainability Beyond 10 Years." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2463.

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Small businesses are vital to the health of the United States economy, as they account for approximately 50% of all jobs and 99% of all firms. Historically, there has been a problem with small businesses being able to sustain their operation beyond 10 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the business strategies some small business owners used to sustain their company beyond 10 years of operation. The sample consisted of 3 small business owners who have been in operation for 10 or more years in Birmingham, Alabama. The conceptual framework for this study was the general

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Wang, Yuan. "Supplier Involvement in Conventional and Sustainable New Product Development: Three Essays." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo15017745690405.

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Licina, Aida, Hannah Radtke, and Charlotte Johansson. "Sustainability Marketing : Sustainability Marketing on the Chinese Market." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14599.

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It is argued that sustainability today has become a mega-trend, where the consumers are more aware of their surroundings and businesses impact on the environment than ever. Companies have come to be critically observed by societies, which has put more pressure on them to act in more sustainable ways as well as becoming more transparent with their operational and sustainability communication towards stakeholders. In 1978 China opened up the country to the global economy and since then, the country has rapidly risen in the terms of international economic importance. However, China is suffering f

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Akaeze, Christian Ozioma. "Exploring Strategies Required for Small Business Sustainability in Competitive Environments." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1873.

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Owners of small businesses contribute approximately 39% of the gross domestic product and create 2 out of every 3 new jobs, but only 25% of startup small businesses stay afloat after 5 years. Guided by the resource-based view theory of the firm, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small auto dealership business owners use to sustain businesses in New York City. Data were collected through semistructured interviews from 3 participants who owned small auto dealership businesses and succeeded beyond 5 years. Data analysis entailed using coding techniques and cluster

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Persson, Annette. "Lecturers' attitudes and perceptions on change : Incorporation of sustainability to the discipline of Business Administration." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100327.

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Background Sustainability involves progressing economic, social and environmental goals together in an attempt to meet current needs without compromising with the needs of future generations. Universities can play an important role in educating young people in sustainability. Many future managers study at business schools which makes this discipline particularly interesting in terms of creating sustainability across society. Swedish universities are by law encouraged to embed sustainability which requires significant changes at all levels including the work of lecturers. Aim The purpose of thi

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Vanluchene, Indy, and Sara Jonsson. "Change Readiness for Sustainability-Oriented Change : A mixed-method study about how ready Swedish organizations are for change towards sustainability." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44104.

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Background: Many change processes in organizations fail and efficient change management is therefore crucial for success. For successful change to be possible, an organization needs to be readied for that change. The growing demand on sustainable business practices leads organizations to embrace sustainable development and therefore go through change. Change readiness can be viewed on two levels; organizational and individual and there are different factors impacting each of these levels. Examples of such factors are Vision & Goals, Organizational structure and A sense of urgency. Purpose:

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Davila, Aguirre Mario Cesar. "Development through empowerment| Integration of the low income sector in the value chain." Thesis, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico), 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3585552.

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<p> Several researchers have said that the real solution to alleviating, or at least reducing, the level of poverty is not to view poor people as customers; instead it is important to integrate these people into the value chain of Multi-national Corporations (Karnani, 2007; London, 2004; SEKN, 2001). The objective of this research work is to analyze how companies with sustainability initiatives can generate better individual performance through the creation of empowerment in the LIS. First I developed a theoretical framework after conducting 47 in-depth interviews with key participants of one

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Woyach, Laura B. "Encouraging strategic restructuring in the nonprofit community| An empirical study of success." Thesis, Argosy University, Los Angeles, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3584998.

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<p> The problem in the nonprofit sector is a macro-economic problem involving implementation of concepts of economies of scale, and overcoming organizational and sector inefficiencies. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that strategic restructuring is an innovative, successful management strategy for a nonprofit organization to maintain sustainability and maximize impact. This research study used three different research methods to demonstrate that idea. The first research method was a quantitative analysis of several different financial ratios using the MANOVA statistical test. Th

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Stovall, Barbara. "Sustainability Strategies for Successful Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5660.

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Small businesses struggle to survive for longer than 5 years because owners lack knowledge of strategies to sustain financial capital. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners used to maintain financial capital to ensure survivability for longer than 5 years. The sample included 3 successful service- related small business owners located in the southeastern United States. Systems theory and the theory of entrepreneurship provided the conceptual framework for the study. Data collection involved face-to-face, semistructured interviews and a review o

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Muzaiek, Samir, and Merico João Murilo Silva. "The Circular Economy: A path to sustainability?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44360.

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Background: The Circular Economy model came as an alternative to the linear “use and dispose” production system. It argues to promote an economic order that can address the waste of aftermarket goods and a more efficient use of resources and raw materials. It further promises economic gains from a more efficient resource management and extended use of products lifecycle, in conjunction with new employment opportunities that arise as a result of new business models and industrial processes. Whilst the Circular Economy is surely a departure from traditional economic systems, there has been not e

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Westling, Martin, and Michael Mazhari. "Sustainability and senior executive compensation : A study of the relationship between sustainability and senior executive compensation in the Nordics." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161392.

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The focus on sustainability has become more noticeable during recent years. This is especially evident in the Nordics, were Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland tops the sustainability rankings. Moreover, several studies have been conducted surrounding the topic of the sustainability measuring ESG-scores and their relation to financial performance. Simultaneously, researchers have come up with controversial findings regarding the relationship between financial performance and executive compensation. This study aims to find out the relationship between sustainability and senior executive compens

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Clarke, Jo-Anne M. "The integrative entrepreneur| A lifeworld study of women sustainability entrepreneurs." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3700410.

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<p> In response to social and environmental concerns, a new type of entrepreneur has recently entered the research literature on sustainable development in business (Hall, Daneke, & Lenox, 2010). Sustainability entrepreneurs are guided by a strong set of values that place environmental and social well-being before materialistic growth (Abrahamsson, 2007; Choi & Gray, 2008; Parrish & Foxon, 2009; Schaltegger & Wagner, 2011; Young & Tilley, 2006). For them, business success is about maintaining financial stability, while enhancing community and improving the health of our

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Virén, Henrik, and Sandro Dahlström. "Communication of Environmental Issues : A Comparison Between Sustainability Reports and Social Media in the Automotive Industry." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-16161.

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Sustainability is a topic that has become increasingly important for companies over the last decades. The increasing pressure from stakeholders has led to communication of sustainability to be very important for companies who wish to be seen as sustainable. The main way corporations communicate their sustainability activities are through the annual report. Whether in a standalone sustainability report or as an integrated part of the whole annual report, most of the larger companies today have some form of sustainability reporting. Over the last years, other ways of communicating sustainability

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Ögren, Tobias, and Petter Forslund. "Screening techniques, sustainability and risk adjusted returns. : - A quantitative study on the Swedish equity funds market." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137341.

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Previous studies have primarily compared the performance of sustainable equity funds and non-sustainable equity funds. A meta-analysis over 85 different studies in the field concludes that there is no statistically significant difference in risk-adjusted returns when comparing sustainable funds and non-sustainable funds. This study is thus an extension on previous studies where the authors have chosen to test the two most common sustainability screening techniques to test if there is a difference within the sustainability field of equity funds. In this study, we compare the performance of the

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Ward, Robert A. "Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Practices in Multinational Corporations." Thesis, Baker College (Michigan), 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13425719.

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<p> Companies experience a problem implementing corporate social responsibility reporting standards due to geographical differences, an over-abundance of guidelines, regulatory disparities, and varying levels of stakeholder requirements. These diverse conditions result in inadequate reporting of sustainability efforts and a lack of consistency of what actually gets reported. This exploratory, qualitative case study was based on a theoretical framework consisting of Freeman’s stakeholder theory, Suchman’s legitimacy theory, and Spence’s signaling theory. The sample consisted o

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Freeman, Charles Ellsworth. "Environmental Responsibility and Financial Performance| Implementing Alternative Fuels in Third-Party Logistics Companies." Thesis, Argosy University/San Francisco Bay Area, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10669619.

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<p> This study involved the use of a quantitative, cross-sectional design to test the tenet of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) that connects a logistics organization’s ability to adapt to dwindling natural resources and economic sustainability. Through an examination of the correlation of alternative fuel use and the financial measurement of cost as percent of sales in U.S.-based, publicly traded third party logistics (3PL) companies using 2013 financial data, a statistically significant, strong, negative correlation was affirmed, indicating a correlation between alternative f

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Meutcheho, Jean-Paul. "A Mixed Methods Analysis of Professionals' Perceptions of the Impact of Sustainable Supply Chain Management on Company Performance." Thesis, Lawrence Technological University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10027561.

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<p> A wave of sustainability initiatives is affecting many traditional corporate functions. While many companies focus on their own internal sustainability initiatives, there is a small but growing number of initiatives focused on promoting sustainability across the supply chain. The resulting sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is faced with the challenge of justifying its contribution to the performance of the focal company. This study attempts to gain insights into the perception professionals have of the impact of SSCM on corporate environmental, social, and economic performance. Th

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Schlegel, Monika, and Marie-Louise Langer. "The Influence of Generational Perspectives on the Link Between Family Values and Corporate Sustainability in Family Firms." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43955.

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Cooper, Iris Ann. "The First 4 Years: A Small Business Sustainability Study." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2719.

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Small businesses create most of the new jobs in the world, yet more than half fail before the 5th year. Small businesses contribute to the economy by originating new products and services, yet they often lack the strategies to overcome the challenges of the beginning years. When businesses fail, the community wanes from unemployment, poverty, crime, and other social dilemmas. The purpose of this single case study was to explore small business strategies for sustainability beyond Year 4, specifically in a single independent operating Ohio restaurant owner with less than 500 employees. The conce

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Thulin, Sofie, and Nadine Rashid. "Chinese students’ knowledge and attitude towards sustainability : focus on IKEA and their sustainability work." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13997.

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Consumers consider themselves being able to change their consumption behavior and by that make a difference. This makes it easier for organizations in the usage of sustainability in their marketing strategy in order to attract customers and keep the already existing ones. As one of the world’s largest furniture retailing company, IKEA has a well established sustainability policy. They believe that they have a responsibility to control the impact of their business and the role that they play in society. The aim with this research is to contribute to IKEA’s awareness of the Chinese students’ lev

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Hardy, Jamison J. "Effects of Proactive Leadership on Sustainability in the Nonprofit." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1017.

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The not-for-profit community serves a vital societal role. Guided by the systems-theory, the purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to identify ways not-for-profit agencies could be more fiscally sound during difficult economic times and plan for uncertain futures. Face-to-face recorded interviews with 20 chief executives from different not-for-profit corporations in western Pennsylvania, were conducted to examine their professional lived experiences in order to collect best practices by which each executive dealt with difficult economic times. Structured interviews consisted o

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Mevo, Kouassi Gilles. "Sustainability Strategies of Barber Salons." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6457.

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Many barber salons and other small businesses in the United States fail to succeed beyond the first 5 years. The factors responsible for the low survival rate of salons may include the limited training and education levels mandated by state certification requirements. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify business strategies successful barber salon owners use to overcome the business management and staffing challenges associated with a small pool of skilled barbers and the high turnover in a low wage profession. The theory of transformational leadership served as the conceptu

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Shiralizade, Hakima, and Wen Chen. "Circulating for Service Sustainability : Examining relationship between sustainability and servitization in both B2B and B2C context of electric vehicles." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177620.

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Background: Due to the escalated environmental concerns and the requirement of Paris Agreement, restraining the carbon emission is aimed on a global scale. Being a solution, the electrification of vehicles is inevitable whilst the problematization to the batteries continues. Many strategies, from improving the battery default as a product, to servitizing the batteries in the light of servitization, has been attempted by both battery suppliers and car manufacturers. In connection to sustainability concerns, which refers to the battery End-of-Life (EoL) Management, however, not many scholars bel

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Simmonds, Daphne Marie. "Information Technology and Sustainability| An Empirical Study of the Value of the Building Automation System." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3722168.

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<p> This study examines the environmental and economic effects of green information technology (IT). Green IT describes two sets of IT innovations: one set includes innovations that are implemented to reduce the environmental impact of IT services in organizations; and the other IT to reduce the environmental impact of other organizational processes. The two sets respond to the call for more environmentally friendly or “greener” organizational processes. </p><p> I developed and tested a preliminary model. The model applied the resource based view (RBV) of the firm (Wernerfelt 198

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Gelfgren, Viktoria, and Brinkmann Christoffer Högbom. "The Strategy of Using Consultants for Sustainable Business Development Within SMEs." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48995.

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Problem: A decisive majority of Swedish firms are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and studies indicate that most of these lack, among other things, financial resources, which often limit smaller firms from implementing sustainable practices. Since SMEs compete with larger enterprises, with more established departments and therefore, they cannot strategize their sustainability work to the same extent. The problem emerges when requirements from stakeholders, based on the 2030 agenda, cannot be met due to lacking organizational abilities. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to gain a

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Clement, Viviane. "From Adaptation to Transformation| A Resilience Perspective on Organizational Responses to Ecological Adversity." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10619173.

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<p> How do firms adapt to the intensity of adverse conditions stemming from the natural environment (ecological adversity intensity)? In this dissertation, I develop several lines of inquiry in exploring this question. First, I seek to contribute to generally diverging perspectives on organizational adaptation, which view firms as either inherently constrained or capable of continuous adaptation to fit their environment. To do this, I examine the conditions under which firms are more likely to adapt to different levels of ecological adversity intensity. My findings from a 13-year longitudinal

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Capa, Lisa Manipis. "The role of attention cultivation in leadership development for sustainable business| A narrative inquiry." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3680145.

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<p> Since the late 1980s, a different way to do business began to achieve more widespread support. The intention of this form of business—sustainable business—is to conduct itself in a way that does not jeopardize the basic needs of present and future generations by unnecessarily sacrificing environmental, social, and economic resources. This is in contrast to traditional Western business practices that focus on maximizing short-term financial profit without much consideration of the impact on environmental and social resources. It appears that any change in business from the singl

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Carlson, Patrik, and Glenn Karjalainen. "Sustainability in the heavy construction equipment industry : A study comparing the tensions between economic and environmental criteria during the acquisition process." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-70907.

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Gleaves, Vaughn Orsborne. "Effective Leadership and Nonprofit Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3772.

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A sustainability plan of an organization is useless without effective leadership in its design and execution. The purpose of this case study was to explore strategies that church leaders having at least 7 continuous years of organizational fiscal sustainability and leadership used to ensure fiscal sustainability. The study included 8 face-to-face and 2 phone interviews with 4 senior pastors, 3 associate pastors, a treasurer, a finance committee chair, and a certified public accountant who lived in the Akron, Ohio area along with a review of documents including a leadership meeting agenda and f

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Zhang, Jiateng, and Donghui Yang. "Attitudes of Managers to work with Sustainability in Medium and Large-Sized Corporations : Garbage Classification in Yangtze River Delta Region in China." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53078.

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Sustainability is becoming an important role in almost all industries in the world. Sustainability can not only improve the quality of the environment, but also help the enterprises to save cost in order to have more profit. It is necessary to have sustainability to help in the balance between human beings’ activities and nature. This research has the purpose of developing theories that can explain the current managers’ attitudes to work with sustainability in medium and large-sized corporations in China, by analyzing the garbage classification situation as the breakthrough point. The selected

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Fisher, Taryn E. "Small and Midscale Dairy Farming in the Northeast| Achieving Economic Resilience through Business Opportunity Analysis." Thesis, Franklin Pierce University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3604794.

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<p> This dissertation investigates the dairy farming industry in the Northeastern United States and, in particular, the key drivers of economic viability and competitive advantage for small and midscale commercial dairy producers. The research approach employed was a literature review combined with primary case study observation and data collection. Historical perspective has been presented to provide an overarching contextual framework for this study. Four dairy farms were purposefully selected for case study research because they represented various aspects of a pre-defined set of variables

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Jufors, Henrik, and Per Karlsson. "Fund managers and analysts relation to sustainability : The investment decision, motives for sustainable investments and configuration of the sustainability reports." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-62849.

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The concept of sustainable development has increased a lot in recent times and has spread throughout society. A group traditionally known for focusing on financial aspects is the investors, but because of the increased focus on sustainability from different stakeholders many of them also focus on including corporate social responsibility information in their investment decisions. Through a qualitative approach this study is meant to explore how investors, especially fund managers, implement sustainability data into their investment decisions, what motivates them to invest sustainably and how t

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Khoza, Augustine. "Pharmacy Stores Profitability and Sustainability in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3251.

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Zimbabwe's catastrophic economic decline resulted in a high unemployment rate (95%), declining socioeconomic indicators, pharmacy stores' unprofitability and lower sustainability. Profitable pharmacy stores play a fundamental role in ensuring public access to medication. Lack of pharmacy profitability leads to poor healthcare delivery, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. A healthy population is panacea to economic growth and prosperity and enhances human dignity, social cohesion, and the quality of life. In this qualitative, descriptive multicase study design, using Porter's busine

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Erlandsson, Alice, and Ruby Gaylong. "Navigating Sustainability Oriented Innovation Processes." Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254193.

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There is strong interest across industries and academia in exploring the potential of innovation to address global sustainability issues and hence assist in making a paradigm shift towardsmore sustainable practices. To overcome the challenges of sustainability it is not enough to inject incremental solutions but a paradigm shift should suggestively be aimed at. As a result Sustainability innovation is being approached more holistically as opposed to in the past when it mostly focused on process, product or organisational innovation. The concept ‘SustainabilityOriented Innovation’ (SOI) conside

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Barnes, Mary. "Understanding the Sustainability of a Planned Change| A Case Study Using an Organizational Learning Lens." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10931344.

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<p>The concept of implementing organizational learning principles in an organization to help individuals and groups ?learn to learn? (Schein, 2017), thereby making the ongoing adaptation and change that inevitably occurs in organizations more successful, is an interesting problem to explore. While interesting, there are very few studies that examine the sustainability of change in any context. Several theoretical models incorporate the idea of sustaining, or institutionalizing, change. But, very few empirical studies actually explore that concept. The purpose of this qualitative, descriptiv

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Hernelind, Elin, and Freja Hogréus. "Readiness for Change Towards Sustainability : A Study of Swedish Companies: Change Agent and Employee Perspectives." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48730.

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Background: There is an increasing importance of sustainable development in today’s society as a result of various social, environmental, and economic challenges facing the people and planet. To create the change needed to shift from unsustainable activities, everyone must participate, including business organizations. Here, the concept of change readiness is highly relevant as it helps prepare individuals and organizations to accept and not be resistant to change initiatives. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and explore (1) how change agents create change readiness to pr

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Angeldal, Jacob, and Anton Westin. "Value creation from sustainability efforts : How customers’ value creation is affected by providers’ communication of sustainability efforts." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413758.

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As sustainability becomes a more prominent part of people’s lives, firms that embrace sustainability can create more value for customers. Value has traditionally been seen as being determined by the provider. However, recent theorisations have conceptualised value as being created by the customer with interactions as a key component. The primary way for customers to interact with firms is through indirect interaction – such as when reading labels on product packaging or taking part in advertising. In extant literature, there is a lack of research on how customers’ value creation is affected by

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Dvizac, Nino. "The perception of sustainability by micro-sized enterprises within the tourism industry on Gotland." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-444697.

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Micro-sized enterprises (MEs) are many in number in the EU (93%) and are considered as vital and important actors in the push towards sustainable development. MEs perception and attitude towards sustainability dictates the outcome in the future. To understanding of how MEs perceive sustainability on the island of Gotland, Sweden, a study of 7 semi-structured interviews were conducted with MEs belonging in the hospitality sector of the tourism industry. The results show that the participants in the study had a positive outlook on sustainability and were working with sustainability in some way o

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Anosike, Charles Afam. "Sustainability Efforts of One Oil Company in Niger Delta of Nigeria." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3617725.

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<p>Environmental degradation and socioeconomic dilemma continue to stigmatize oil production in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Sustainability programs of oil companies often determine the improvement of living conditions in the region. This explanatory qualitative case study, guided by systems thinking theory and sustainable value framework, explored practitioners' perceptions of sustainability programs to identify its impact on business and the host communities. The research question was designed to address how sustainability efforts of a single oil company in the Niger Delta contributed to the

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Lundin, Frida, and Mattias Olandersson. "Sustainability and Profitability in Sweden : A Quantitative Study of Swedish Firms." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160392.

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The public's interest and awareness in sustainable options is growing, resulting in a higher demand for high levels of sustainability in companies. Therefore, the question whether there is a profit to be made from being sustainable is becoming increasingly more relevant. Earlier research shows ambiguous results, with the majority indicating either positive or no connection between sustainability and profitability. Folksam’s index of responsible enterprise was used to get an assessment of the environmental and social performance of Swedish firms registered on the Swedish stock exchange between

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Richardson, Natalie Davis. "Predictors of nonprofit executive succession planning| A secondary data analysis." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3617377.

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<p> In this quantitative secondary data analyses chi-square tests of independence and binary logistic regression were conducted to test the hypotheses that the independent variables are associated or predict executive succession planning. The following characteristics of the executive director was analyzed: age, gender, race/ethnicity, service insider selection (i.e., history of employment or board membership within the organization), executive director membership on the board of directors, a transparent relationship with the board of directors, use of professional development resources, level

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Maine, Joshua, and Oskar Svensson. "Does an Ambidextrous Use of Sustainability Resources Lead to Sustainability Performance? : a Survey on Swedish Municipal Housing Organisations." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-18286.

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An increasing pressure is found on public sector organisations both to be efficient and innovative. Recently ambidexterity has found its ground in the public sector showing significant impact on firm performance. Combined with the increasing pressure from society for conducting sustainable business, we aimed at investigating how structural ambidexterity in regard to sustainability relates to sustainability performance, and how this relationship is moderated by centralisation and connectedness. A quantitative method has been used where the Swedish municipal housing organisations were surveyed.

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