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Title The nexus of business sustainability and organizational learning: A systematic literature review to identify key learning principles for business transformation
ID_Doc 78349
Authors Hermelingmeier, V; von Wirth, T
Title The nexus of business sustainability and organizational learning: A systematic literature review to identify key learning principles for business transformation
Year 2021
Published Business Strategy And The Environment, 30, 4
DOI 10.1002/bse.2719
Abstract Companies play a central role in the quest for sustainable development. Organizational learning theories have been utilized to explain sustainability-related change processes in firms. However, implications from studies at the nexus of business sustainability and organizational learning are highly dependent on varying conceptualizations. The objective of this study is to provide clarity on the plurality of conceptual underpinnings in research and to uncover principles that are associated with deeper organizational change processes, that is, business transformation. Building on insights from a systematic literature review, we develop a sustainability learning typology, from which we distill three learning principles for business transformation: (1) the deutero learning mode, (2) the societal learning scope, and (3) the cooperative advantage objective. We formulate needs for future research to further elaborate on the learning principles associated with business transformation and suggest implications for practice.
Author Keywords business transformation; organizational change; resource-based view; sustainable development; typology
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000607382300001
WoS Category Business; Environmental Studies; Management
Research Area Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/bse.2719
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