Short on Time: Intertemporal Tensions in Business Sustainability
研究加拿大阿尔伯塔省油砂行业的五家企业如何应对短期与长期之间的跨期张力,发现同时兼顾短长期的企业更易认识到气候变化的复杂性并寻求综合解决方案。
This inductive study of five firms in Alberta’s oil sands examines how organizations attend to the intertemporal tensions between the short term and long term that are inherent in business sustainability. Grounding our insights in organizational responses to the climate change issue, we find that firms that juxtapose the short term and long term also confront the tension between business and society. These firms are, therefore, more likely to recognize the complexity of climate change and the need for integrated, multidimensional solutions. These insights contribute to prior research in business sustainability.