Marcus Wagner Livres

The first part of this work explores the correlation between actual environmental performance, physical environmental performance indicators, and corporate environmental reporting in Germany and the UK’s paper and electricity industries. Findings indicate that environmental performance is largely influenced by country-specific factors, likely due to variations in environmental legislation. This suggests that assessments of the relationship between environmental and economic performance must rely on actual environmental performance data rather than reporting quality or the intensity of specific tools, like environmental performance indicators, as proxy variables. The second part delves into the relationship between environmental and economic performance. It concludes that firms in environmentally intensive industries often struggle to establish a positive connection between their environmental and economic outcomes. Market conditions and strategic considerations play a role, but situational factors ultimately determine which influences prevail. This work offers valuable insights for practitioners and academics regarding the interplay between environmental reporting and performance measurement, as well as its impact on economic success. It provides strategic insights into how pursuing corporate sustainability can drive business success and highlights critical factors for achieving this goal.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the connection between environmental and economic performance, emphasizing how operational environmental strategy influences this relationship. It begins with a theoretical model and reviews existing literature before presenting two new empirical studies using fresh European data. The first study examines the paper industry across four European countries, revealing a predominantly negative relationship when assessing emissions-based environmental performance, while no significant link is found with inputs-based performance. The second study analyzes survey data from British and German manufacturing firms, applying the Environmental Shareholder Value concept to corporate environmental strategies for the first time. It finds that firms with a value-based environmental strategy experience a more favorable relationship between environmental performance and various competitiveness dimensions compared to those without such a strategy. This work is essential for both practitioners and academics, offering key insights into effectively managing the interplay between environmental and economic performance and demonstrating how corporate sustainability management can positively impact the bottom line.

This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields. The EIS nexus is particularly relevant from a European point of view given the focus of the European Commission on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, as well as their prominent role within the European Union in general. Also, the rapid economic growth witnessed especially in the BRIC countries in recent years requires that firms reconcile sustainability aspects with profitability and innovation, and entrepreneurs are seen as key diffusers of these aims. Sustainability requires both radical and incremental innovation at many different levels (technology, product, process, system). In many cases, such innovations come from small and medium-sized enterprises and so the role of the entrepreneur is key to their success. The book is split into six sections. The first section examines the nexus in detail focusing on system-oriented connectivity between sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. The second section looks at how to nurture corporate entrepreneurship for sustainability; and the third considers "mature" industries such as automotives, chemicals and electronics and how sustainability aspects can be integrated into innovation process and strategy. The fourth section examines the nexus through the lens of developing countries in Africa. Sustainable entrepreneurship is identified as a hugely beneficial way to foster development. The fifth section of the book concentrates on SMEs; and finally the EIS nexus is approached from a network perspective and focuses on inter-organisational partnerships, which are often an important facilitator or spark for EIS initiatives.This book will prove to be essential for researchers in the EIS nexus and be of invaluable help to practitioners, governments and inter-governmental bodies attempting to encourage sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation.

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