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Title Circular advantage anyone? Sustainability-driven innovation and circularity at Patagonia, Inc.
ID_Doc 20734
Authors Rattalino, F
Title Circular advantage anyone? Sustainability-driven innovation and circularity at Patagonia, Inc.
Year 2018
Published Thunderbird International Business Review, 60, 5
DOI 10.1002/tie.21917
Abstract For many years, companies have perceived sustainability and corporate social responsibility as annoying trends involving regulations and extra costs. A new concept of industrial organization is required to dissociate growth in resource consumption from increasing prosperity. This concept must move beyond significant efficiency gains in order to successfully deliver changean idea that is known as a circular economy. The increasing amount of attention paid to environmental issues and pressure from stakeholders have forced businesses to embrace the complexity and interdependencies between shareholder value and sustainable value. Sustainability-driven innovation that increases the circularity of resources, as in the case of Patagonia, Inc., is the key to generating a sustainable competitive advantage that marries economic and social objectives. This article explores ways in which corporations can pursue economic, social, and environmental objectives while simultaneously embracing circularity.
Author Keywords Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Circular Economy; Patagonia Inc; Sustainability-Driven Innovation
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000440853700005
WoS Category Business
Research Area Business & Economics
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