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The new economics of the business case for sustainability

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  • Michele Pinelli

    (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice)

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This paper joins the debate on businessÕ role in the implementation of sustainable development and argues that firms are beginning to run more sustainable practices as these are becoming increasingly profitable. It is also argued that such evolution of the economics of social environmental performance is the result of a three stage dynamics which involves consumer awareness, industrial policies, new cost structures and stakeholdersÕ pressure. Moreover, it is also considered that such a phenomenon implies that corporations can be of huge help to regulations in the implementation of sustainability. Finally, by running analyses of the relevant literature on the business case for sustainability, this paper reconciles the mixed and inconclusive results which the academic research on the economic rationale of sustainability has always produced.

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  • Michele Pinelli, 2013. "The new economics of the business case for sustainability," Working Papers 14, Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.
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    Keywords

    corporate social responsibility; sustainable development; social impact; environment; sustainability.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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