@article{53611, author = {{Hoffmann, Christin and Thommes, Kirsten}}, issn = {{0095-0696}}, journal = {{Journal of Environmental Economics and Management}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{Can leaders motivate employees’ energy-efficient behavior with thoughtful communication?}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102990}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{48500, author = {{Namujju, Lillian Donna and Acquah-Swanzy, Henrietta and Ngoti, Irene F.}}, issn = {{0301-4215}}, journal = {{Energy Policy}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Energy}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{An IAD framework analysis of minigrid institutions for sustainable rural electrification in East Africa: A comparative study of Uganda and Tanzania}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113742}}, volume = {{182}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{53221, author = {{Soltanifar, Mehdi and Tavana, Madjid and Santos-Arteaga, Francisco J. and Sharafi, Hamid}}, issn = {{1462-9011}}, journal = {{Environmental Science & Policy}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Planning and Development}}, pages = {{89--102}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{A hybrid multi-attribute decision-making and data envelopment analysis model with heterogeneous attributes: The case of sustainable development goals}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.envsci.2023.06.004}}, volume = {{147}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{42638, abstract = {{ We propose a new method to estimate and isolate the localization of knowledge spillovers due to the physical presence of a person, using after-application but pre-grant deaths of differently located coinventors of the same patent. The approach estimates the differences in local citations between the deceased and still-living inventors at increasingly distant radii. Patents receive 26 percent fewer citations from within a radius of 20 miles around the deceased, relative to still-living coinventors. Differences attenuate with time and distance, are stronger when still-living coinventors live farther from the deceased, and hold for a subsample of possibly premature deaths. (JEL O31, O33, O34, R32) }}, author = {{Balsmeier, Benjamin and Fleming, Lee and Lück, Sonja}}, issn = {{2640-205X}}, journal = {{American Economic Review: Insights}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Planning and Development}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{21--33}}, publisher = {{American Economic Association}}, title = {{{Isolating Personal Knowledge Spillovers: Coinventor Deaths and Spatial Citation Differentials}}}, doi = {{10.1257/aeri.20210275}}, volume = {{5}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{45865, author = {{Wolf, Isabel and Holzapfel, Peter K.R. and Meschede, Henning and Finkbeiner, Matthias}}, issn = {{0306-2619}}, journal = {{Applied Energy}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanical Engineering, General Energy, Building and Construction}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{On the potential of temporally resolved GHG emission factors for load shifting: A case study on electrified steam generation}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121433}}, volume = {{348}}, year = {{2023}}, } @article{47920, abstract = {{AbstractIntegrated thinking (IT) is a managerial mindset increasingly discussed in the context of value creation. Through the lens of systems theory, this study examines how the degree to which IT is embedded in a firm's strategy and day‐to‐day business processes is associated with the firm's social and environmental value creation. Using a broad international dataset, we find strong evidence that our measure of IT is positively related to a firm's sustainability performance (SP), which we use to operationalize social and environmental value creation (or erosion). Our results also reveal that the increase in a firm's SP might come at the cost of a short‐term decrease in financial performance (FP). We find no indication, however, that IT induces a trade‐off between SP and long‐term FP. Integrated thinking appears to stipulate long‐term financial value creation instead. We further explore moderating factors within the organizational and institutional context of our sample firms and highlight implications for society, corporate practice, and policymaking.}}, author = {{Reimsbach, Daniel and Braam, Geert}}, issn = {{0964-4733}}, journal = {{Business Strategy and the Environment}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Geography, Planning and Development, Business and International Management}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{304--320}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Creating social and environmental value through integrated thinking: International evidence}}}, doi = {{10.1002/bse.3131}}, volume = {{32}}, year = {{2022}}, } @article{37153, abstract = {{Green IS (GIS) research addresses environmental challenges brought on by climate change and the need to preserve the natural environment. Within this scope, design-oriented research, most notably within the Design Science Research (DSR) community, aims to provide solutions to these environmental challenges in the form of novel artifacts. The resulting IS solutions are valuable instruments for reducing emissions, increasing energy efficiency, and mitigating waste. Over the past 14 years, the IS research community was called upon multiple times to focus on designing solutions suitable for facilitating sustainability. However, it is unclear how these calls for action resonated within the design-oriented research community. Against this background, we analyzed the landscape of design-oriented GIS research by looking at 60 different GIS studies that have designed and evaluated an artifact. By analyzing these publications, we were able to make six observations. Based on these observations, we discuss how design-oriented GIS research can evolve to live up to the expectations of creating an immediate positive environmental impact.}}, author = {{Brendel, Alfred Benedikt and Chasin, Friedrich and Mirbabaie, Milad and Riehle, Dennis M. and Harnischmacher, Christine}}, issn = {{2071-1050}}, journal = {{Sustainability}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Geography, Planning and Development}}, number = {{8}}, publisher = {{MDPI AG}}, title = {{{Review of Design-Oriented Green Information Systems Research}}}, doi = {{10.3390/su14084650}}, volume = {{14}}, year = {{2022}}, } @article{44896, abstract = {{This study uniquely employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) technique to account for complex relationships in consumption. The fsQCA technique assumes that relationships are based on a set–subset relationship. This assumption is fundamental when decision-makers are affected by information asymmetry and are, thus, required to jointly evaluate the credibility and reliability of a range of external signals. This issue also affects consumers in markets for cultural goods, where the quality of products is not known with certainty in advance of the purchase decision. Our study uses fsQCA to establish the effect of different quality signals on consumption in the US market for video game software. Our results show that reviews from professional critics alongside brand extension and multi-platform release strategies act as signals of product quality and, therefore, lead to high sales performance.}}, author = {{Kaimann, Daniel and Cox, Joe}}, issn = {{2071-1050}}, journal = {{Sustainability}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Geography, Planning and Development}}, number = {{23}}, publisher = {{MDPI AG}}, title = {{{A Comparative Analysis of Consumption: Evidence from a Cultural Goods Market}}}, doi = {{10.3390/su132313275}}, volume = {{13}}, year = {{2021}}, } @article{45586, abstract = {{AbstractWe have collected data from a world-wide survey among COP delegates to empirically investigate preferences for certain burden sharing rules among key groups in a setting that reflects the possibility of observing concessions from negotiating partners. In our survey, the participants had the opportunity to select and combine up to eight (pre-defined) burden sharing rules and to assign relative weights to the selected rules in their preferred bundle. We examine whether such a mechanism helps to overcome the currently strictly (self-interested) strategic claims on equity in the negotiation process. We observe that delegates from different groups of countries show a general willingness for concessions. However, the degree to which different burden sharing rules are taken into consideration partly differs between countries. As a key insight we report that the individual assessment of the polluter-pays rule based on current emissions does not only stress the persistence of the traditional Annex-B/Non-Annex-B division but also suggests tendencies for a more fragmented grouping with different positions between, for example, delegates from developing countries (i.e. G77 members) and emerging countries (i.e. BASIC). At the same time, we observe tendencies for a more harmonized view among key groups towards the ability-to-pay rule in a setting of weighted burden sharing rules.}}, author = {{Kesternich, Martin and Löschel, Andreas and Ziegler, Andreas}}, issn = {{1432-847X}}, journal = {{Environmental Economics and Policy Studies}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{309--331}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Negotiating weights for burden sharing rules in international climate negotiations: an empirical analysis}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s10018-020-00289-0}}, volume = {{23}}, year = {{2020}}, } @article{47915, abstract = {{AbstractThis study posits that, in the absence of extensive mandatory regulation and auditing, differences in internal and external corporate governance (CG) mechanisms will explain variations in choices concerning corporate sustainability reporting and the interrelated and underlying corporate sustainability performance (CSP). Specifically, we explore whether board monitoring effectiveness as a major internal CG mechanism and stakeholder engagement as a key external CG mechanism are positively associated with sustainability reporting quality (SRQ), compliance with generally accepted sustainability reporting standards (SRC) and guidelines, and CSP for a sample of Dutch firms that have voluntarily disclosed sustainability reports during the years 2012–2016. In addition to these direct effects, we also investigate the potential indirect effects of the CG mechanisms on SRQ and SRC via CSP and distinguish between nonlagged and lag effects. Using structural equation modeling, our results show that, in the short term, monitoring effectiveness positively affects SRQ and SRC. Stakeholder engagement positively affects SRQ and SRC in the short term and is positively related to SRQ via CSP in the longer term, indicating that active stakeholders, over time, may drive companies toward more sustainable business conduct. Finally, the findings that CSP is positively related to SRQ but negatively related to SRC provide further support for signaling and legitimacy theory, respectively. Companies with superior CSP disclose high‐quality information on CSP to signal the firm's superior sustainability performance, whereas poor performing companies legitimize their inferior CSP by complying with more reporting standards, rather than by directly improving their underlying CSP.}}, author = {{Manning, Bart and Braam, Geert and Reimsbach, Daniel}}, issn = {{1535-3958}}, journal = {{Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Development}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{351--366}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Corporate governance and sustainable business conduct—Effects of board monitoring effectiveness and stakeholder engagement on corporate sustainability performance and disclosure choices}}}, doi = {{10.1002/csr.1687}}, volume = {{26}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{47916, abstract = {{AbstractThis study posits that, in the absence of extensive mandatory regulation and auditing, differences in internal and external corporate governance (CG) mechanisms will explain variations in choices concerning corporate sustainability reporting and the interrelated and underlying corporate sustainability performance (CSP). Specifically, we explore whether board monitoring effectiveness as a major internal CG mechanism and stakeholder engagement as a key external CG mechanism are positively associated with sustainability reporting quality (SRQ), compliance with generally accepted sustainability reporting standards (SRC) and guidelines, and CSP for a sample of Dutch firms that have voluntarily disclosed sustainability reports during the years 2012–2016. In addition to these direct effects, we also investigate the potential indirect effects of the CG mechanisms on SRQ and SRC via CSP and distinguish between nonlagged and lag effects. Using structural equation modeling, our results show that, in the short term, monitoring effectiveness positively affects SRQ and SRC. Stakeholder engagement positively affects SRQ and SRC in the short term and is positively related to SRQ via CSP in the longer term, indicating that active stakeholders, over time, may drive companies toward more sustainable business conduct. Finally, the findings that CSP is positively related to SRQ but negatively related to SRC provide further support for signaling and legitimacy theory, respectively. Companies with superior CSP disclose high‐quality information on CSP to signal the firm's superior sustainability performance, whereas poor performing companies legitimize their inferior CSP by complying with more reporting standards, rather than by directly improving their underlying CSP.}}, author = {{Manning, Bart and Braam, Geert and Reimsbach, Daniel}}, issn = {{1535-3958}}, journal = {{Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Development}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{351--366}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Corporate governance and sustainable business conduct—Effects of board monitoring effectiveness and stakeholder engagement on corporate sustainability performance and disclosure choices}}}, doi = {{10.1002/csr.1687}}, volume = {{26}}, year = {{2018}}, } @article{45590, author = {{Kesternich, Martin and Reif, Christiane and Rübbelke, Dirk}}, issn = {{0924-6460}}, journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{403--411}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s10640-017-0162-3}}, volume = {{67}}, year = {{2017}}, } @article{43212, author = {{Rodriguez Lopez, Juan Miguel and Engels, Anita and Knoll, Lisa}}, issn = {{1469-3062}}, journal = {{Climate Policy}}, keywords = {{Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{346--360}}, publisher = {{Informa UK Limited}}, title = {{{Understanding carbon trading: Effects of delegating CO2 responsibility on organizations’ trading behaviour}}}, doi = {{10.1080/14693062.2015.1119096}}, volume = {{17}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{45591, author = {{Gallier, Carlo and Kesternich, Martin and Sturm, Bodo}}, issn = {{0924-6460}}, journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{535--557}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games}}}, doi = {{10.1007/s10640-016-0022-6}}, volume = {{67}}, year = {{2016}}, } @article{47911, abstract = {{ABSTRACTThis study examines how the disclosure of negative sustainability‐related incidents affects the investment‐related judgments of decision‐makers. Participants in a sequential 2 × 2 between‐subjects experiment first received a company's financial information before viewing additional sustainability information (by the company and by a non‐governmental organization (NGO); with and without negative disclosure). Results indicate that self‐reporting of negative incidents does not affect decision‐makers’ stock price estimates and investment decisions compared with judgments based on financial information only. However, third‐party disclosure of these incidents by a NGO has a negative affect on these investment‐related judgments. Furthermore, the magnitude of the NGO reporting effect depends on whether the company itself simultaneously reports these incidents. Thus, disclosing negative incidents in sustainability reporting could lose some of its apparent stigma. Instead of avoiding negative reporting altogether, managers might use it as a risk mitigation tool in their reporting strategy. The results also emphasize the power of the often‐mentioned ‘watchdog’ function of NGOs acting as stakeholder advocates. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment}}, author = {{Reimsbach, Daniel and Hahn, Rüdiger}}, issn = {{0964-4733}}, journal = {{Business Strategy and the Environment}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Geography, Planning and Development, Business and International Management}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{217--235}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{The Effects of Negative Incidents in Sustainability Reporting on Investors’ Judgments–an Experimental Study of Third‐party Versus Self‐disclosure in the Realm of Sustainable Development}}}, doi = {{10.1002/bse.1816}}, volume = {{24}}, year = {{2013}}, } @article{43216, author = {{Engels, Anita and Knoll, Lisa and Huth, Martin}}, issn = {{0961-0405}}, journal = {{European Environment}}, keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Planning and Development}}, number = {{5}}, pages = {{276--297}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Preparing for the ‘real’ market: national patterns of institutional learning and company behaviour in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)}}}, doi = {{10.1002/eet.485}}, volume = {{18}}, year = {{2008}}, }