Exploring the Effects of Sustainable Innovation on a Textile Company's Business Network

IF 12.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI:10.1002/bse.4367

Matteo Dominidiato, Simone Guercini, Annalisa Tunisini

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Abstract

The study examines how a textile company's business network is affected by sustainable innovation. It investigates the impact of sustainable practices on network dynamics and a company's business network with a particular focus on the textile sector in the fashion industry. Sustainable innovation has a significant impact outside of internal operations and is motivated by the desire to increase operational efficiency and environmental performance. Studies emphasise the significance of concentration and vertical integration within corporate networks as businesses attempt to satisfy long‐term demands. Businesses can preserve critical skills and capabilities and manage resource utilisation and traceability through vertical integration. In contrast, concentration leads to a decrease in the number of actors in the network as smaller businesses that lack the funding to adhere to strict sustainability criteria leave the market. These dynamics highlight how sustainable innovation plays a dual function in strengthening and consolidating capabilities within business networks. Based on a single case study, the study's findings offer insightful information on more general tendencies that might be applicable to a variety of industries.

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探讨可持续创新对纺织企业经营网络的影响

该研究考察了纺织公司的业务网络如何受到可持续创新的影响。它调查了可持续实践对网络动态和公司业务网络的影响，特别关注时尚行业的纺织部门。可持续创新在内部运营之外具有重大影响，其动机是提高运营效率和环境绩效。研究强调了企业网络内部集中和垂直整合的重要性，因为企业试图满足长期需求。企业可以保留关键技能和能力，并通过垂直集成管理资源利用和可追溯性。相比之下，集中化导致网络参与者数量减少，因为缺乏资金来遵守严格的可持续性标准的小型企业离开了市场。这些动态突出了可持续创新如何在加强和巩固业务网络内的能力方面发挥双重作用。基于单个案例研究，该研究的发现提供了可能适用于各种行业的更普遍趋势的深刻信息。

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Business Strategy and The Environment Multiple-

CiteScore

22.50

自引率

19.40%

发文量

336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.