Table 3.

Qualitative data analysis identifying the six-cell typology (n = 78)

First order – identifying the six-cell typologySecond orderAggregate
“[A]ddresses business models and their implications for sustainability … integrated with … climate science for grounding” (47.3)Includes basic natural science topics (e.g. climate science) within general business focusNatural Science and General Business focus (n = 4)
“[S]students will … understand basic earth system science and ecology … and the destabilizing effects of interventions on those systems” (202)
Topics include circular economy, life cycle assessments and systems thinking. (95.1)Includes concepts bridging natural and social science (e.g. tragedy of the commons, circular economy, biomimicry)Interdisciplinary and General Business (n = 18)
Examines … Valuation of Ecosystem Services (76.3)
Readings include Porter and Kramer’s (2011) CSV and Toffel and van Sice’s (2011) “Carbon footprints: Methods and Calculations” (77)
Suggested readings include Carson’s (1962) Silent Spring, Hawken’s (1993) Ecology of Commerce, Esty and Winston’s (2009) Green to Gold (100.2)
A key outcome … is to “understand the major tools of industrial ecology – Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), green design, closing the loop” (154.2)
[students] will [understand] … scientific, economic, social, political and regulatory forces and how these forces [affect] business (55.1)
“[Course] … seeks to understand what it takes to embed a firm-wide sustainability approach.” Includes popular press readings on climate change … (50.2)
“A module on finance, measurement and valuation presents students with both … motivation and tools for valuing firms’ impacts on sustainability.” Includes readings on natural capitalism, Friedman (1970), market policy instruments, valuation of ecosystem services (92.2)
“…students … explore the theory and practice of sustainability …” Readings include CSV, stakeholder theory (88.3)Teaches general business and social science (e.g. corporate social responsibility)Social Science and General Business (n = 17)
“[Explores] what leading companies are doing in … fair wages, privacy concerns, … environmental considerations, corporate governance …” (201.1)
Debates “corporate purpose and the goal of maximizing shareholder value, the rise of ESG investing…” (86.3)
Examines how climate risks affect firms, financial markets, markets for energy and real estate (45.1)
“Focuses on energy industry only; includes business principles and practices, global warming theories”, etc. (101)Includes natural science topics (e.g. climate science) within a specialized business areaNS and Narrow Function (n = 2)
Focuses on systems thinking; incorporates “stock and flow” diagrams, readings on policy games for strategic thinking (207.14)
Focuses on sustainable investing; incorporates Meadows (2008) (50.3)Includes concepts that bridge natural and social sciences within a specialized business areaID and Narrow Function (n = 5)
“[Combines] research from disparate sectors to (e.g. climate change science, investor preferences” to understand ESG investing (86.2)
Focuses on risk analysis of climate change-related risks (45.2)
Focuses on ESG investing … and links to CSR (223)Teaches social science within a specialized business areaSS and Narrow Function (n = 32)
Focuses on international business, including ecological responsibilities (43.1)
Addresses “current challenges in accounting for firms’ ESG goals” (85)
Focuses on operations management; with environmental issues (87.2)
Focuses on sustainable marketing with environmental sustainability challenges (157.5)
Focuses on operations and sustainability (153.1)
Focuses on leadership and sustainability (207.06)
Focuses on marketing with social, sustainable enterprises. (199.2)

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