Corporate environmental strategy and competitive advantage / edited by Sanjay Sharma, J. Alberto Aragón-Correa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- 6. Greening service organizations : environmental management practices and performance / George I. Kassinis and Andreas C. Soteriou -- 7. Environmental innovation in the hotel industry of the Balearic Islands / Rafel Crespl-Cladera and Francina Orfila-Sintes -- 8. Environmental management, quality management and firm performance : a review of empirical studies / Enrique Claver-Cortes, Jose F. Molina-Azorin, Juan J. Tari-Guillo and Maria D. Lopez-Gamero -- 9. Competitive effects from eco-manufacturing strategy : influencing factors / Jesus Angel del Brio, Esteban Fernandez and Beatriz Junquera -- 10. The firm-nature relationship : past experiences and future challenges / John P. Ulhoi and Henning Madsen -- 11. The siesta is over : a rude awakening from sustainability myopia / Monika I. Winn and Manfred Kirchgeorg -- 12. Sustainable enterprise in clusters of innovation : new directions in corporate sustainability research and practice / Frank Boons and Nigel Roome -- 13. Self-regulation and new institutions : the case of the green network in Denmark / Martin Lehmann, Per Christensen and Jesper Moller Larsen.

"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.

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