Environmental sustainability and product portfolio management in biodiversity firms: A comparative analysis between Portugal and Brazil

dc.contributor.authorJugend, Daniel [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, José
dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, Marco Antonio Paula [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Lisbon
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:35:21Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:35:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-31
dc.description.abstractAlthough relevant research on environmental sustainability or product portfolio management is quite developed, few studies integrate the two areas. This research aims to shed light on the environmental sustainability practices adopted in product portfolio through a cross-country case study on leading biodiversity companies located in Portugal and Brazil. The results demonstrate that the pressure of government regulation and the tendency of markets to demand consumer products that do not harm biodiversity have changed the mindset of biodiversity companies, which have been trying to expand their environmentally sustainable product portfolio (ESPP). The results also indicate that tuning ESPP improves market performance and that the main barriers to integrate environmental sustainability into the product portfolio are technological.en
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State University-UNESP
dc.description.affiliationCEG-IST Engineering and Management Research Center Instituto Superior Técnico University of Lisbon
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State University-UNESP
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 15/09260-0
dc.format.extent431-442
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5709/ce.1897-9254.254
dc.identifier.citationContemporary Economics, v. 11, n. 4, p. 431-442, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.5709/ce.1897-9254.254
dc.identifier.issn2300-8814
dc.identifier.issn2084-0845
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85039933639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/179479
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofContemporary Economics
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,189
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBiodiversity companies
dc.subjectEnvironmental sustainability
dc.subjectNew product development
dc.subjectProduct portfolio management
dc.titleEnvironmental sustainability and product portfolio management in biodiversity firms: A comparative analysis between Portugal and Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo

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