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Unpacking b corps’ impact on sustainable development. An analysis from structuration theory

dc.contributor.authorTabares S
dc.contributor.authorMorales A
dc.contributor.authorCalvo S
dc.contributor.authorMolina Moreno V.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-14T14:34:19Z
dc.date.available2022-09-14T14:34:19Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.identifier.issn20711050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11407/7615
dc.descriptionWith Our Common Future and the United Nation’s global call to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030, public policies increasingly emphasise the need for various actors to contribute to a global transformation and a more sustainable future. Despite growing research on hybrid organisations and their contributions to sustainable development, their impact on accelerating this transition might be faulty. Looking at a type of hybrid organisation, Certified B Corporations (B Corps), this article draws on a multiple case study of nine B Corps in a developing country in Latin America, Colombia. The study builds on the Structuration Theory to examine to what extent and how B Corps impact sustainable development. The article empirically shows that B Corps focus on four categories of sustainable development: considering future generations; enhancing human development; encouraging new mindsets, behaviours, and lifestyles; and promoting socio-political engagement. The findings suggest that B Corps develop communicative and narrative discourses and symbolic schemas as means of signification and follow norms and moral rules to exert legitimation and utilise authoritative resources to exercise power. The article contributes to research on hybrid organisations, sustainability transitions, and business models. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
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dc.sourceSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.titleUnpacking b corps’ impact on sustainable development. An analysis from structuration theory
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.publisher.programNegocios Internacionales
dc.type.spaArtículo
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su132313408
dc.subject.keywordB Corpseng
dc.subject.keywordBusiness modelseng
dc.subject.keywordHybrid organisationseng
dc.subject.keywordStructuration Theory (ST)eng
dc.subject.keywordSustainability transitionseng
dc.subject.keywordSustainable Development (SD)eng
dc.subject.keywordTriple Bottom Line (TBL)eng
dc.relation.citationvolume13
dc.relation.citationissue23
dc.publisher.facultyFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas
dc.affiliationTabares, S., Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Universidad de Medellín, Carrera 87 # 30–65, Medellín, 050026, Colombia
dc.affiliationMorales, A., Departamento de Negocios, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Avenida de la Paz, 137, Logroño, 26004, Spain
dc.affiliationCalvo, S., Departamento de Negocios, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Avenida de la Paz, 137, Logroño, 26004, Spain
dc.affiliationMolina Moreno, V., Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain
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