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Author Sharma, Sanjay

Title Patient Capital : the Role of Family Firms in Sustainable Business
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages)
Series Organizations and the Natural Environment
Organizations and the natural environment.
Contents Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Definitions; Introduction; Key Terms in the Sustainability Literature; Corporate Philanthropy; Impact Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Corporate Citizenship; Corporate Greening; Corporate Environmental Strategy; Sustainable Business; Sustainability Strategy; Patient Capital; Corporate Governance; Ownership vs. Management Control; Family vs. Non-Family Control; Layout of the Monograph; 2 Primary Data: Cases from the Winery Industry in Canada, France, and Chile
The Winery IndustryReactive vs. Proactive Environmental Strategy in the Winery Industry; Research Design and Case Selection; Canadian Wineries; Reactive Environmental Strategies; First-Generation Family Firms; Multi- or Later-Generation Family Firms; Non-Family or Corporate Wineries; Proactive Environmental Strategies; First-Generation Family Firms; Multi- or Later-Generation Family Firms; Chilean Wineries; Proactive Environmental Strategies; Multi- or Later-Generation Family Firms; Non-Family or Corporate Wineries; French Wineries; Reactive Environmental Strategies
Non-Family or Corporate WineriesProactive Environmental Strategies; Multi- or Later-Generation Family Firms; Non-Family or Corporate Wineries; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Appendix A: Interview Guide; 3 Exogenous Drivers of Corporate Environmental Sustainability Strategy; Institutional Influences on a Firm's Strategy; Institutional Influences on a Firm's Environmental Sustainability Strategy; Impact of Different Regulatory Approaches on a Firm's Environmental Sustainability Strategy; Family Firms' Response to Institutional Forces; The Role of Institutional Entrepreneurs
Stakeholder Influences on a Firm's Environmental StrategyStakeholder Classification, Salience, and Influence; Individual Stakeholder Influences on a Firm's Environmental Sustainability Strategy; Institutional Investors; Media; Regulators; Boards; Local Community; NGOs; Family Firms' Influence on and Response to Stakeholders; Stakeholder Engagement in the Winery Industry; Summary; 4 Organizational Drivers of Corporate Environmental Sustainability Strategy; Corporate Governance Influences on Firms' Environmental Strategies; Ownership Influences on Firms' Environmental Strategies
Institutional OwnershipShareholder Activists; Board of Directors; Top Management Influences on Firms' Environmental Strategies; Top Management Team in Non-Family Firms; Dominant Coalition in Family Firms; Temporal Orientation; Family Identification with the Firm; Summary.; Firm Level Market and Competitive Strategies; Strategies Undertaken as Regulatory Responses; The Link between Sustainability Strategy and Generic Business Strategy; Sustainability Strategy and Financial Performance; The Natural-Resource-Based View; The Development and Deployment of Capabilities for PES in Family Firms
Shared Family Sustainability Vision
Summary Exploration of environmental sustainability using the family business lens for fresh insights on balancing short-term financial performance with long-term corporate sustainability strategies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Family-owned business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable development.
Management -- Environmental aspects
sustainable development.
Management -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Form Electronic book
Author Sharma, Pramodita
ISBN 1108657516
9781316402528
1316402525
9781108657518
1107559227
9781107559226