Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage (New Perspectives in Research on Corporate Sustainability series)

A Major Dilemma For Businesses Has Been The Struggle To Understand How To Adopt And Implement Proactive Environmental Practices While Meeting The Core Business Objectives Of Growth And Competitive Advantage. The International Contributors - Leading Scholars In The Field Of Environmental Strategy And Management - Shed Light On This Difficult Balance As They Examine The Generation And Deployment Of Capabilities, Processes, And Routines That Help A Business Develop Advanced Environmental Practices While Simultaneously Lowering Costs And Creating Differentiation Benefits.. The First Book To Gather Cutting-edge Research On This Complex Relationship, Corporate Environmental Strategy And Competitive Advantage Presents Conceptual Ideas And Empirical Findings, As Well As A Valuable Review Of Extant Literature And Future Directions For Researchers. Scholars, Consultants And Managers From Business, The Public Sector, Ngos, International Development Institutions, And Government Working At The Interface Of Business And The Natural Environment Will Find This Book A Necessary Addition To Their Library.--book Jacket. 1. Corporate Environmental Strategy And Competitive Advantage : A Review From The Past To The Future / Sanjay Sharma And J. Alberto Aragon-correa -- 2. Research In Strategic Environmental Management / Alfred A. Marcus -- 3. Through The Lens Of Managerial Interpretations : Stakeholder Engagement, Organizational Knowledge And Innovation / Sanjay Sharma -- 4. Context And Values : Defining A Research Agenda For Studying Employee Environmental Motivation In Business Organizations / Catherine A. Ramus -- 5. Small Firms And Natural Environment : A Resource-based View Of The Importance, Antecedents, Implications And Future Challenges Of The Relationship / J. Alberto Aragon-correa And Fernando Matias-reche Edited By Sanjay Sharma, J. Alberto Aragón-correa. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A major dilemma for businesses has been the struggle to understand how to adopt and implement proactive environmental practices while meeting the core business objectives of growth and competitive advantage. The international contributors - leading scholars in the field of environmental strategy and management - shed light on this difficult balance as they examine the generation and deployment of capabilities, processes, and routines that help a business develop advanced environmental practices while simultaneously lowering costs and creating differentiation benefits. The first book to gather cutting-edge research on this complex relationship, Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage presents conceptual ideas and empirical findings, as well as a valuable review of extant literature and future directions for researchers. At an organizational level of analysis, the topics covered include the external and internal antecedents of environmental capability-building including public policy, stakeholder engagement, managerial and organizational values, and human resource practices, and the outcomes of such capabilities in terms of environmental innovation. At a macro level, the topics covered include an examination of capabilities that will help organizations detect and prepare for extreme environmental events, and the development of clusters/networks of innovation to tackle sustainability problems that transcend organizational boundaries. Scholars, consultants and managers from business, the public sector, NGOs, international development institutions, and government working at the interface of business and the natural environment will find this book a necessary addition to their library. Contents......Page 5 Figures......Page 7 Tables......Page 8 Appendices......Page 9 Contributors......Page 10 1. Stakeholders, the environment and society: multiple perspectives, emerging consensus......Page 17 2. Stakeholders and the management of freshwater resources in New Zealand: a critical commons perspective......Page 39 3. Influential environmental stakeholders: a grounded model of processes for effecting change......Page 78 4. Stakeholder influence strategies for smarter growth......Page 109 5. Toward stakeholder responsibility and stakeholder motivation: systemic and holistic perspectives on corporate sustainability......Page 133 6. Who speaks for the trees? Invoking an ethic of care to give voice to the silent stakeholder......Page 156 7. Managing organisational project risks of stakeholder demands in industrial investments......Page 182 8. Organizational innovation as an opportunity for sustainable enterprise: standardization as a potential constraint......Page 201 9. Contributions of product-oriented environmental management to corporate sustainability......Page 228 10. Institutional pressure and environmental management practices......Page 246 11. Environmental management systems and sustainability: a framework for understanding stakeholder influence......Page 262 12. The ecological modernization of organizational fields: a framework for analysis......Page 286 Index......Page 323