Objectives. The mutual recognition of companies and the territory of interdependence and the complementarity of sustainable development objectives is a form of value cocreation. Interpreting this relationship from the perspective of a Viable Systems Approach, the research proposes a theoretical and conceptual framework to analyze the motivational levers that may represent the predictors of a shared sustainable development. Methodology. Exploratory Factor Analysis was applied to a group of variables representative of sustainability, and proved useful in understanding the motivational assets of the sharing process. Findings. By interpreting the loading of factors and the relationships between the variables that make them up, it was possible to trace a path that links specific motivational levers, which prove to be predictors of a path shared by agrifood companies and a territory oriented to sustainability. Research limits. This paper offers a theoretical and conceptual framework; its empirical verification was to 120 companies, pointing to a need for further development through broadening the sample and potentially focusing on specific agrifood sectors. Practical implications. The identified predictors, together with consolidated managerial models, may represent guidelines that can be adopted both by institutional actors who choose to consider the territory as a viable system to be fed in all its dimensions, and by networks of companies that see in their relationship with the territory a driver of the adoption of sustainable development strategies. Originality of the study. The originality of the work lies in its proposing a potential behavioral framework around which sustainability in company‒territory relations can catalyze.
Obiettivi. L’esistenza, tra imprese e territorio, dell’interdipendenza e della complementarietà degli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile rappresenta una forma di co-creazione di valore. Interpretando tale relazione nella prospettiva dell’approccio sistemico vitale, il lavoro propone un framework teorico-concettuale per analizzare le leve motivazionali che possano rappresentare i predittori di uno sviluppo sostenibile condiviso. Metodologia. L’Exploratory Factor Analysis, applicata su un gruppo di variabili rappresentative della sostenibilità, è risultata utile a comprendere gli asset motivazionali del processo di condivisione. Risultati. Attraverso l’interpretazione dei factor loading e delle relazioni tra le variabili che li compongono, è stato possibile delineare un fil rouge che lega specifiche leve motivazionali che si dimostrano predittori di un percorso di crescita orientato alla sostenibilità, condiviso da imprese agroalimentari e territorio. Limiti della ricerca. Il paper offre un framework teorico-concettuale la cui verifica empirica effettuata su 120 imprese necessita di ulteriori approfondimenti attraverso un ampliamento del campione e possibili focus su settori agroalimentari specifici. Implicazioni pratiche. I predittori individuati possono rappresentare, congiuntamente a modelli manageriali consolidati, delle linee guida adottabili sia da attori istituzionali che scelgono di considerare il territorio come un sistema vitale che deve essere alimentato in tutte le sue dimensioni, sia da network di imprese che vedono nel loro legame con il territorio un driver per l’adozione di strategie di sviluppo sostenibile. Originalità del lavoro. L’originalità del lavoro consiste nel proporre un potenziale quadro comportamentale intorno al quale possa catalizzarsi la sostenibilità nei rapporti impresa-territorio.
I predittori dello sviluppo sostenibile condiviso da imprese agroalimentari e territorio
Fait M;
2020-01-01
Abstract
Objectives. The mutual recognition of companies and the territory of interdependence and the complementarity of sustainable development objectives is a form of value cocreation. Interpreting this relationship from the perspective of a Viable Systems Approach, the research proposes a theoretical and conceptual framework to analyze the motivational levers that may represent the predictors of a shared sustainable development. Methodology. Exploratory Factor Analysis was applied to a group of variables representative of sustainability, and proved useful in understanding the motivational assets of the sharing process. Findings. By interpreting the loading of factors and the relationships between the variables that make them up, it was possible to trace a path that links specific motivational levers, which prove to be predictors of a path shared by agrifood companies and a territory oriented to sustainability. Research limits. This paper offers a theoretical and conceptual framework; its empirical verification was to 120 companies, pointing to a need for further development through broadening the sample and potentially focusing on specific agrifood sectors. Practical implications. The identified predictors, together with consolidated managerial models, may represent guidelines that can be adopted both by institutional actors who choose to consider the territory as a viable system to be fed in all its dimensions, and by networks of companies that see in their relationship with the territory a driver of the adoption of sustainable development strategies. Originality of the study. The originality of the work lies in its proposing a potential behavioral framework around which sustainability in company‒territory relations can catalyze.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.