Short on Time: Intertemporal Tensions in Business Sustainability

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Slawinski, Natalie; Bansal, Pratima
• 署名单位: Memorial University Newfoundland; Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0960
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 531-549
• 关键词: business sustainability; intertemporal choice; PARADOX; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

摘要

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.