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Dynamic Capabilities and Climate Resilience Innovation: An Exploratory Analysis

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  • Asia Guerreschi

    (Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamic Studies (SEEDS); Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara)

  • Corentin Tenailleau

    (HEC Paris, Sustainability and Organizations Institute (S&O); École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Department of City, Environment, Transportation)

  • Fernando J. Díaz López

    (Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamic Studies (SEEDS); HEC Paris, Sustainability and Organizations Institute (S&O); Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University)

Abstract

Climate adaptation and resilience are increasingly important dimensions of corporate sustainability and R&D strategies, yet management and economics research remains largely focused on climate mitigation and decarbonisation. This paper develops an exploratory framework linking business model innovation, organisational resilience and climate adaptation through the lens of dynamic capabilities. Using a multiple case study of three France-based logistics and transportation firms (CMA CGM, Getlink and Sogaris), the study examines how firm-level micro-foundations of dynamic capabilities contribute to anticipating, absorbing, adapting to and transforming in response to climate change. Findings suggest that climate resilience capabilities are emerging but remain unevenly developed across firms, with sensing and seizing capabilities more mature than reconfiguration and innovation capabilities. The paper proposes an initial conceptual framework (CLIMB Framework) and identifies avenues for future theoretical and empirical research on climate resilience innovation.

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  • Asia Guerreschi & Corentin Tenailleau & Fernando J. Díaz López, 2026. "Dynamic Capabilities and Climate Resilience Innovation: An Exploratory Analysis," SEEDS Working Papers 1226, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, revised Aug 2026.
    • Handle: RePEc:srt:wpaper:1226
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    JEL classification:

    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O39 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Other

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