Episode 110 – Mara Brumana & Albachiara Boffelli – Orientation towards environmental sustainability in European family versus nonfamily firms: the role of policymaker engagement and incentives

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

This study contributes to the debate on family business environmental sustainability by investigating the environmental orientation of family versus nonfamily firms. We study whether family business status affects (i) the extent of environmental orientation, i.e. the number of incentives set for environmental sustainability activities, contingent upon firms’ engagement with policymakers, and (ii) how firms’ environmental...