The adoption of environmental strategies in large Colombian businesses

Analysis of results

5.2. ESA Factors ESA factors observed in this research pretty well match those contemplated in the literature. However, some peculiarities of the socio-economic context need to be stressed, since they are specific of emergent economies. Table 38. Main ESA factors observed in the case studies. Esa factors

Cases

green markets

Bank, Agri-business Association and Cosmetic Company

Green industry (i.e. competitors, parent company, suppliers)

Bank, Agri-business Association, Cosmetic Company and Dairy Company

Dynamic business models

Bank, Chemical Company, Agri-business Association, Cosmetic Company and Dairy Company

Societally-oriented managers

Bank and Dairy Company

Profit-oriented managers

Chemical Company, Agri-business Association, Cosmetic Company

Environmental licensing for natural resources exploitation

Utility Company and Oil & Gas Company

Community and public demands

Chemical Company, Utility Company and Oil & Gas Company

Stable models

Utility Company and Oil & Gas Company

Compliance-oriented managers

Utility Company and Oil & Gas Company

• Business context Business context factors corresponded to regulation (environmental licensing, pollution limits and environmental permits for environmental protection) and community pressure (demands for benefits in exchange for performing business activity), green markets (i.e. green standards, market requirements and consumer demands) and green industry (competitors, suppliers, parent companies). • Business models Business models factors corresponded to stable business models (supported by lobbying and litigation capabilities, technical know-how, business efficiencies, risk management and a permanent dialogue with stakeholders) and

The adoption of environmental strategies in large Colombian businesses

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Table 40. Factors for the adoption of environmental strategies

Table 39. ESA and ESA Factors across cases

Table 38. Main ESA factors observed in the case studies

Figure 15. ESA and the ESA factors at the Dairy Company

Table 37. Main environmental strategies observed in the case studies

Table 35. Business model – Dairy Company

Figure 14. ESA and the ESA factors at the Cosmetic Company

Table 36. Manager´s Perspective – Dairy Company

Table 33. ESA –Dairy Company

Table 34. Business Context – Dairy Company

Table 32. Manager´s perspective – Cosmetic Company

Table 30. Business Context – Cosmetic Company

Table 31. Business model – Cosmetic Company

Table 29. ESA – Cosmetic Company

Table 23. Business Model – Oil & Gas Company

Table 25. ESA – Agri-business

Table 27. Business Model – Agri-business

Table 26. Business Context – Agri-business

Table 22. Business Context – Oil & Gas Company

Figure 11. ESA and the ESA factors at the Utility Company

Table 21. ESA – Oil & Gas Company

Table 20. Manager´s Perspective – Utility Company

Table 19. Business Model – Utility Company

Table 18. Business Context – Utility Company

Figure 10. ESA and ESA factors at the Chemical Company

Table 17. ESA – Utility Company

Table 16. Manager´s Perspective – Chemical Company

Table 14. Business Context - Chemical Company

Table 15. Business Model - Chemical Company

Table 13. ESA - Chemical Company

Figure 9. ESA and ESA factors at the Bank

Table 12. Manager´s perspective -Bank

Table 10. Business Context - Bank

Table 8. Selected cases

Table 11. Business Model - Bank

Table 9. ESA - Bank

Table 7. ESA and influencing factors

Figure 8. Data classification

Figure 6. Theoretical Model of ESA and ESA Factors

Table 5 Business models and environmental strategies

Table 4. Business context and Environmental Strategies

Figure 5. Collaborative networks of ESA research

Table 3 Co-occurrence configuration of ESA Factors

Table 2. Typology of environmental strategies used in this research

Figure 3. Co-word clusters in the literature review

Table 6. Manager´s perspective and Environmental Strategies

Figure 2. Distribution of articles in Journals