... by the extent to which a firm’s internal structure and the external environment are aligned. In essence, the operating context can serve to either facilitate or obstruct firm performance. Scholars have labeled the more positive impact as “environmental munificence” to describe how it enables key resources...

... depending on extent of environmental uncertainty and whether leaders are optimistic or pessimistic about their firms’ abilities and futures. Design/methodology/approach This framework was designed by two strategy professors based on both strategy theory and their experience working with and observing...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Green supply chain management Environment Environmental orientation Supply chain orientation The idea that being green is important economically, in the long run, offers perhaps better hope...

... collections, clearance and recycling company serving both domestic and commercial markets. It focuses not only on providing a friendly, efficient, cost‐effective service but also one that is environmentally friendly. In particular, Waste King's Environment Agency licensed staff take time to ensure...

... that addressing social and global environmental problems can provide competitive advantage. The outcomes of such thinking can include both socially responsible products and services and socially responsible environments. The nature of a firm will inevitably make a significant difference to its approach...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Sustainability Environment Strategy Sustainable development Management effectiveness When it comes to environmental or sustainable policy, it seems that businesses are making the same initial mistakes that they did when the internet first...

... of environmental principles that are binding on all company units. Our knowledge and our solutions are helping to create a better world. We have a responsibility to the wider community and we are committed to environmental protection. We are committed to protecting our environment. Our goal...

... Competence Center (ECC) one student combined elements of the university’s EPA method, the center’s own environment weight method and scientific theories on benchmarking. The result became known as the environmental benchmark method. Within a few years it had become a robust, reproducible and practical method...