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Competitive Sustainability: The Intersection of Sustainability and Business Success

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  • Clyde Eiríkur Hull

    (Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, 108 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA)

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Sustainability that beats the competition is different from sustainability that does not [...]

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  • Clyde Eiríkur Hull, 2022. "Competitive Sustainability: The Intersection of Sustainability and Business Success," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-5, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16420-:d:997251
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    1. Clyde Eiríkur Hull & Sandra Rothenberg, 2008. "Firm performance: the interactions of corporate social performance with innovation and industry differentiation," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(7), pages 781-789, July.
    2. Zaineb Hlioui & Mohamed Gabsi & Abdelwahed Omri, 2022. "Informal Competition Effect on SMEs’ Innovation: Do Credit Constraints Matter? Evidence from Eastern European Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-23, October.
    3. Laharish Guntuka, 2022. "Inter-Firm ESG Rivalry: A Competitive Dynamics View," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-17, October.
    4. Michael J. Lenox & Michael W. Toffel, 2022. "Diffusing Environmental Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-18, May.
    5. Jay B. Barney, 2018. "Why resource‐based theory's model of profit appropriation must incorporate a stakeholder perspective," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(13), pages 3305-3325, December.
    6. Renáta Machová & Rebeka Ambrus & Tibor Zsigmond & Ferenc Bakó, 2022. "The Impact of Green Marketing on Consumer Behavior in the Market of Palm Oil Products," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-25, January.
    7. Michael Lenox & Andrew King, 2004. "Prospects for developing absorptive capacity through internal information provision," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(4), pages 331-345, April.
    8. Clyde Eiríkur Hull & Jennifer D. Russell & Monika Kukar-Kinney, 2022. "Making Sustainability a Core Competency: Consumer Response to Sustainable Innovative Products," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-15, September.
    9. Norma Juma & Joy Olabisi & Eliada Griffin-EL, 2022. "Understanding the Motivation Complexity of Grassroots Ecopreneurs at the Base of the Pyramid," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-21, October.
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