Historically, management theory has ignored the constraints imposed by the biophysical (natural) environment. Building upon resource-based theory, this article attempts to fill this void by proposing a natural-resource-based view of the firm—a theory of competitive advantage based upon the firm's relationship to the natural environment. It is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Propositions are advanced for each of these strategies regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.

A natural resource-based view of the firm

legitimacy一词多义,应根据术语单义化的原则分别翻译,而放弃“百分之百对应冶“涵盖其所有意义冶的称名预期.作为政治学核心术语,legitimacy有“合法性冶“正当性冶等多种译名.但应避免使用“合法性冶之译,以免与legality混淆;应慎重使用“正当性冶之译,以免与justness混淆.legitimacy本义为主权或政权为人民肯定、认可、接受,故可用“肯认性冶或“认受性冶,并根据语境灵活处理.

Legitimacy：多义、本义及汉译

Industry 4.0 and circular economy practices: A new era business strategies for environmental sustainability

A bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility in sustainable development

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis

Purpose The theory of consumption values (TCV) has successfully explained much consumer choice behavior, but few studies have investigated the values that drive food-delivery application (FDA) use. This study aims to bridge this gap by extending the TCV to the FDA context to examine food consumption-related values and interpreting and rechristening generic consumption values to adapt the TCV to the FDA context. Design/methodology/approach An explorative mixed-method research approach was taken to conduct focus group discussions with 20 target users to develop the questionnaire and then administer it for a cross-sectional survey (pen and pencil) to FDA users aged 22–65 years; 423 complete responses so received were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The findings show that epistemic value (“visibility”) is the chief driver of purchase intentions toward FDAs, followed by conditional (“affordances”), price (part of functional value) and social value (“prestige”). Food-safety concerns and health consciousness (proposed as part of functional value) did not share any statistically significant association with purchase intentions toward FDAs. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study are insightful for FDA service providers competing for higher shares in the market by helping them understand ways to influence consumer choices and purchase intentions. Originality/value It is the first study that combines FDAs 2014 an online service that it is attracting a lot of investment 2014and TCV which has continued to be one of the most relevant theories of consumer behavior. It extends the TCV by adapting it to the FDA context with food-consumption-related values. Thus, it adds to the relatively scant literature on FDAs on the whole which is essential, as FDAs represent the business model of new economy, i.e. online-to-offline (O2O). Finally, this study formulates a conceptual framework that may serve as the basis of future research.

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The value proposition of food delivery apps from the perspective of theory of consumption value

Sustainable manufacturing. Bibliometrics and content analysis

The university's role in sustainable development : Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

The present study examines drivers, dimensions and the consequences of employee engagement to determine the efficacy and relative importance of different Functional and Emotional Employee Engagement Drivers. It also studies the relationship between employee engagement and employee performance, long-term employment, the level of position, style of leadership, and impact of targets. 65 professionals working at different levels in varied forms of organizations throughout India were administered a standardized questionnaire to collect the primary data, which was analysed and statistically tested through Principal Component Analysis and Pearson Correlation and MANCOVA analysis to establish the different hypotheses. Three factors namely: effective leadership, focus on employee satisfaction, and focus on customer satisfaction were identified as key constituents of employee engagement. It was found that emotional drivers like effective leadership play a predominant role in establishing engagement of workforce with their organization. It was observed that there exists a relationship between employee engagement and employee performance and the targets that were assigned to the respondents too had a significant impact on the employee engagement.

A Prognostic Examination of Functional and Emotional Employee Engagement Drivers and their Impact on Employee Performance

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Karminder Ghuman

Papers

The value proposition of food delivery apps from the perspective of theory of consumption value

Sustainable manufacturing. Bibliometrics and content analysis

The university's role in sustainable development : Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

A Prognostic Examination of Functional and Emotional Employee Engagement Drivers and their Impact on Employee Performance

“Recharging: the Right Way??” A case study on e-payment giants: Freecharge & PayTM