Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background and Significance of the Study
1.1.1 Background
1.1.2 Objectives of the study
1.1.3 Outputs of the study
1.1.4 Significance of the study
1.2 Boundaries of the study
1.3 Definition of key terms
1.4 Research questions
1.5 Review of literature
1.6 Main Contents and Technological Route
Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Development
2.1 Related Theories
2.1.1 Institutional Theories
2.1.2 Competitive Dynamics Theories
2.1.3 Stakeholder Theory
2.1.4 The organizational identity orientation framework
2.1.5 The environmental orientation framework
2.1.6 Bridging Institutional and Competitive Dynamics Theories
2.1.7 Expansion of the environmental orientation framework
2.2 Hypotheses
2.2.1 A mechanism leading to the targeting of ecological sustainability by companies
2.2.2 The effect of environmental action targeting ecological sustainability on companies’ financial performance
2.2.3 The mechanisms of the effect of companies’ environmental performance on their profitability
2.3 Research framework
2.4 Chapter summary
Chapter 3 The role of competitive action in driving companies to target ecological sustainability
3.1 The Research Paradigm
3.2 Research Method
3.2.1 Description of Variables Used
3.2.2 Description of Data and Method
3.3 Results of Hypotheses Tests on How Companies Target Ecological Sustainability
3.4 Discussion of Results
3.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 The impact of companies’ targeting ecological of sustainability on their financial performance
4.1 The Research Paradigm
4.2 Research Method
4.2.1 Method and Data
4.2.2 Variables used
4.3 Hypotheses tests on the effect of companies’ targeting ecological sustainability on their financial performance
4.3.1 Results of Factor Analysis
4.3.2 Results of Data Check
4.3.3 Results of Path Analyses
4.4 Discussion of Results
4.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 The impact of companies’ environmental performance on their profitability
5.1 The Research Paradigm
5.2 Research Method
5.2.1 Method
5.2.2 Variables Used
5.2.3 Data description
5.3 Results of Hypotheses Tests of the Mediated Effect of Companies’ Environmental Performance on their Profitability
5.4 Discussion of Findings
5.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Discussion of Findings
6.1 Background
6.2 When do companies take environmental action that targets ecological sustainability?
6.3 What effect does environmental action that targets ecological sustainability have on companies’ financial performance?
6.4 The mediated link of environmental and financial performance
6.5 Summary of Discussions
6.6 Implications for managers
6.7 Implications for government policy
6.8 Limitations and implications for academia
Conclusions
结 论
参考文献
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声明
致谢
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