Over 20 years ago, Our Common Future presented a conceptualization and explanation of the concept of sustainable development. Since then, numerous alternative definitions of the concept have been offered, of which at least some are exclusive to each other. At the same time, the role of business...

The mainstream of the literature on corporate sustainability follows the win-win paradigm according to which economic, environmental and social sustainability aspects can be achieved simultaneously; indeed corporate sustainability has often been defined by the intersection of these three areas....

Much of extant research on the circular economy has explored intra- and inter-firm dynamics, activities, and influences, whilst macro level factors – systemic features of the national economy – have been somewhat neglected. In this conceptual article, we use the lens of national business...