Dynamic capabilities and environmental sustainability for emerging economies’ multinational enterprises

Akhtar, Pervaiz; Ullah, Subhan; Amin, Saman Hassanzadeh; Kabra, Gaurav; Shaw, Sarah

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to enhance our understanding of how macro (country)-level dynamic capabilities, such as government environmental policies, legal and market requirements, and technological advances, and micro (firm)-level dynamic capabilities, such as organizational size, culture, and managerial characteristics, are related to emerging economies multinationals' environmantal sustainability policies and practices. Limited studies explore linkages between macro-and micro-level dynamic capabilities and environmental sustainability, which urge emerging economies' multinationals to reconsider their environmental policies and practices in order to compete with enterprises from developed countries. We develop a theoretical framework and offer propositions about the fundamental links between macro and micro dynamic capabilities and emerging economies environmental sustainability efforts. The propositions can be empirically tested in subsequent studies using country-level and firm-level data to examine the interactions between macro-and micro-level capabilities, in relation to sustainable polices and procedures, for multinationals in emerging economies.

Citation

Akhtar, P., Ullah, S., Amin, S. H., Kabra, G., & Shaw, S. (2020). Dynamic capabilities and environmental sustainability for emerging economies’ multinational enterprises. International Studies of Management and Organization, 50(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2019.1703376

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 20, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 3, 2020
• Publication Date: Feb 3, 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 22, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 4, 2021
• Journal: International Studies of Management & Organization
• Print ISSN: 0020-8825
• Electronic ISSN: 1558-0911
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 27-42
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2019.1703376
• Keywords: Dynamic capabilities; emerging economies; environmental sustainability; multinational enterprises
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4326429
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00208825.2019.1703376
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Studies of Management and Organization on 03.02.2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00208825.2019.1703376