Environmental Sustainability Strategy and International Performance: A Review of Literature and a Conceptual Model

Abstract

Through a systematic review of the literature, this study analyzes the empirical literature on the adoption of environmental sustainability strategies in order to identify (i) the main conceptual aspects by which environmental sustainability strategies can be conceived of, (ii) the main determinants of the adoption of such strategies, (iii) the expected impacts on the company’s international performance, as well as (iv) the mechanisms that mediate the effect of environmental sustainability strategies on international performance. This study thereby offers propositions about the relationships between environmental sustainability strategies, their determinants (both in relation to the institutional environment and to the company’s domain), and their performance implications.

Citation

Barbosa, L.B., Carneiro, J., Costa, C., De Beule, F., Goldszmidt, R. and Macedo-Soares, T.D. (2021), "Environmental Sustainability Strategy and International Performance: A Review of Literature and a Conceptual Model", Verbeke, A., van Tulder, R., Rose, E.L. and Wei, Y. (Ed.) The Multiple Dimensions of Institutional Complexity in International Business Research (Progress in International Business Research, Vol. 15), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 375-397. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220210000015021