Integrating Sustainability into Business Practices: Learning from Brazilian Firms



Título del documento: Integrating Sustainability into Business Practices: Learning from Brazilian Firms
Revue: BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000336976
ISSN: 1807-7692
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2HEC Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Canadá
Año:
Periodo: Oct-Dic
Volumen: 7
Número: 4
Paginación: 362-378
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés This paper proposes a conceptual model to facilitate incorporation of sustainability into business practices, learning from the context of companies operating in Latin America – more specifically, in Brazil – that excel in terms of sustainability initiatives. Five large companies recognized as leaders in sustainability practices were studied using the grounded theory method. The main result of our study is the identification of a number of influential factors, interconnected according to three broad categories – corporate view, organizational structure and organizational mechanisms – allowing a better understanding of the integration of sustainability into business practices
Disciplinas: Administración y contaduría,
Economía
Palabras clave: Planeación,
Empresas,
Metodología de grounded theory,
Sustentabilidad,
Responsabilidad social empresarial,
Prácticas comerciales,
Negocios,
Brasil,
América Latina
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