TY - CHAP

T1 - General Patterns and Conclusions

AU - Schaltegger, Stefan

AU - Harms, Dorli

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Do global patterns of corporate sustainability management exist or are national differences reflected in substantially different corporate practices? This chapter reviews the literature supporting these two lines of argumentation. By taking a ‘bird’s view’ of the overall patterns of sustainability management, we examine whether similarities or differences are predominant on the basis of the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer data. The key findings are that similarities predominate for the overall pattern but some national differences are found when examining the results in detail.

AB - Do global patterns of corporate sustainability management exist or are national differences reflected in substantially different corporate practices? This chapter reviews the literature supporting these two lines of argumentation. By taking a ‘bird’s view’ of the overall patterns of sustainability management, we examine whether similarities or differences are predominant on the basis of the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer data. The key findings are that similarities predominate for the overall pattern but some national differences are found when examining the results in detail.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - Corporate Social Responsibility

KW - Intensity Level

KW - Sustainability Management

KW - Large Company

KW - Uncertainty Avoidance

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-06227-3_15

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-06227-3_15

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-319-06226-6

T3 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science

SP - 241

EP - 252

BT - Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison

A2 - Schaltegger, Stefan

A2 - Windolph, Sarah Elena

A2 - Harms, Dorli

A2 - Hörisch, Jacob

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

CY - Cham

ER -