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A straightforward x-ray on applying the ecolabel to the hotel business area
Lupu, Nicolae; Tanase, Mihail Ovidiu; Tontoroiu, … - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 15 (2013) Special 7, pp. 634-644
The ecolabel is a voluntary European initiative for certifying products and services. This study focuses on identifying … that acquired the license to use the ecolabel. Identifying the reaction of clients to the ecolabel and the manner it … ecolabel should be seen in prices, but most of them are unwilling to pay extra for hotel services holding this certificate …
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The Response of Local Corporate Sustainability to Environmental Disasters : Evidence from Wildfires
Branikas, Ioannis; Buchbinder, Gabriel; Ding, Yugang; … - 2021
Environmental disasters are thought to increase the focus on corporate sustainability in the communities where they occur. Extracting data on wildfires (a frequent type of disaster in the U.S.) and using ESG ratings and EPA air enforcement actions to construct measures of local corporate...
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Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals to firm-level sustainability and ESG factors : the need for double materiality
Delgado-Ceballos, Javier; Ortiz-De-Mandojana, Natalia; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 26 (2023) 1, pp. 2-10
In this essay, we connect the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-an extensive collection of society-level goals and targets aimed at addressing grand challenges and achieving global sustainability by 2030-to firm-level sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance...
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chain : Green or Greenwashing?
Shi, Yilin; Wu, Jing; Zhang, Yu - 2021
Perception regarding a focal firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) depends not only on itself but also on its known suppliers. This paper provides the first empirical evidence linking CSR and supply chain information disclosure together. Specifically, it uncovers robust evidence that...
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Agglomerations around natural resources in the hospitality industry : balancing growth with the Sustainable Development Goals
Aragon-Correa, Juan Alberto; Torre-Ruiz, José de la; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 26 (2023) 1, pp. 11-26
Many tourism agglomerations are situated near natural resources, which implies a need to balance business growth with environmental preservation. Our analysis of the location decisions of 295 luxury beach hotels in Spain between 1960 and 2015 reveals two main findings. First, we confirm the...
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Sustainable Consumption: Eco-labelling and its impact on consumer behavior - evidence from a study on Polish consumer
Witek, Lucyna - 2017
-labels is declared by 43.4% of survey participants (national eco-label - 35.1%). One may notice an inconsistency in the test …
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Sustainable finance and fintech: can technology contribute to achieving environmental goals? : a preliminary assessment of "Green Fintech"
Macchiavello, Eugenia; Siri, Michele - 2020
The Fintech Action Plan (see now also Digital Finance Strategy) and the Sustainable Finance Strategy both represent important pillars of the current EU policy agenda. Nonetheless, the two areas have been treated as separate for a long time, while they present certain common features and great...
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Hospetitiveness – the Empirical Model of Competitiveness in Romanian Hospitality Industry
Emilian, Radu; Tuclea, Claudia Elena; Tala, Madalina Lavinia - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 11 (2009) 26, pp. 462-472
Our interest is focused on an important sector of the national economy: the hospitality industry. The paper is the result of a careful analysis of the literature and of a field research. According to the answers of hotels' managers, competitiveness is based mainly on service quality and cost...
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Business Ethics: Some Theoretical Issues
Lluka, Valon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Ethics can be defined as a process of evaluating actions according to moral principal of values. Throughout the centuries people were trying to choose between profit and moral. Perhaps, some of them obtain both, but every time it could have roused ethical issues. Those issues concern fairness,...
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An Empirical Perspective on the Culture - Corporate Social Responsibility Relationship
ZAIȚ, Dumitru; ONEA, Angelica-Nicoleta; CIULU, Ruxandra; … - In: CrossCultural Management Journal (2013) 29, pp. 61-69
Business competition and pressure of European directives put Romanian company in a position to find answers to issues related to long-term survival and development. In this context we believe it is necessary to analyze some of the most important components that should be taken into consideration...
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