Firm Strategic Choice and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Large Public Latin American Firms

Van Miller; Michael J Pisani; Luis Antonio Perez-Batres

Firm Strategic Choice and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Large Public Latin American Firms

Van Miller, Michael J Pisani, Luis Antonio Perez-Batres

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Utilizing a conservationist metaphor adapted from Moyle (1997), we observe the strategic "choice" of 207 large Latin American public firms to engage in sustainable development schemas. Specifically, we examine the regional interaction between firm-level mimetic and normative institutional theoretical pillars against global sustainable development (SD) initiatives-the United Nations Global Compact and the Global Report Initiative. Our results indicate global pressures drive normative responses towards the legitimization of firm-level SD initiatives, whereas local pressures influence mimetic responses towards the legitimization of firm-level SD initiatives both within the Latin American region.

Original language	English
State	Published - Aug 2009
Event	Academy of Management - Chicago, IL Duration: Aug 1 2009 → Aug 31 2009

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Conference	Academy of Management
Period	08/1/09 → 08/31/09

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