Society’s requirements concerning corporate social responsibility focus on the transparency and harmlessness of corporate activities: a factory or a quarry must be invisible, odorless, and noiseless. Firms must show that they respect these requirements in order to gain legitimacy. They must...

The unfavoured Portuguese regions have a level of life and economic growth rates lower than favoured regions, and the mean of European Union and hence have less entrepreneurial activities. The adoption of strategies of sustainable development driven by entrepreneurship phenomena could be a...

Traditional linear industry is a short-sighted unsustainable development mode of the economy. It brings pressure to ecology environment, depletion of resources and pollution. Ecological industry is to realize the harmonious development between economy and environment by planning industrial...

Sustainability innovations are characterized by a systemic nature, which can only be developed if multiple firms work together. To jointly identify opportunities and plan such sustainability innovations, new methods and approaches are needed. In this article we describe a case study conducted in...

This overview article examines the various dimensions of sustainable coffee as well as the actors involved and their perceptions on how to advance the market from niche to mainstream. The issues at hand are very complex, with different types of coffee producers, manufacturing/roasting companies...

My study is framed against the backdrop of increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry to reduce water and air pollution, and the changing global market conditions. I first present an observation-based analysis conducted by visiting selected paper mills in...

This chapter examines the linkages between the positive organizational scholarship (POS) and the sustainability research domains, examining ways in which each domain can enrich the other, their mutual research agendas, and practical contributions. POS can help sustainability make a shift from...

Corporations increasingly subscribe to the principles of corporate sustainability, which is generally described as the integration of economic, environmental and social dimensions. Of particular interest are sustainabilityoriented product innovations: products are perceived to be a major source...

Corporate sustainability is increasingly regarded as a management task. Thereby, especially environmental performance is becoming an important indicator. This paper addresses a measurement approach of evaluating environmental performance from an innovation perspective. Based on the insights from...