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An Assessment of Sustainable Development Strategies of the Firm: The attractive Utopia of Global Performance
[Evaluer les stratégies de développement durable des entreprises : l'utopie mobilisatrice de la performance globale]

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  • Françoise Quairel

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Michel Capron

    (IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12)

Abstract

The concept of global performance is used in managerial literature in order to assess companies' implementation of sustainable development. It refers to an holistic conception of performance. In this this paper we intend to confront the theoretical representation of a balanced integration of economic, social and environmental dimensions with strategic visions and practices of proactive firms.The analysis focuses on two levels: functional and instrumental on the one hand, and, on the other, on social and organizational aspects.The hypothesis of a proactive dissociation between the fields of performance assessment and a strong sustainable development strategy is validated; first because of the lack of synthetic and integrated tools and second because of the actors' behavior.It seems therefore that the concept of global performance works mainly as a federating ideal to make business actors aware of sustainable development concerns. The fact that performance assessment is dissociated from the three fields of performance is key to the keeping of multidimensional objectives.

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  • Françoise Quairel & Michel Capron, 2006. "An Assessment of Sustainable Development Strategies of the Firm: The attractive Utopia of Global Performance [Evaluer les stratégies de développement durable des entreprises : l'utopie mobilisatric," Post-Print halshs-00150844, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00150844
    DOI: 10.3917/ror.001.0005
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    Cited by:

    1. Moez Essid & Nicolas Berland, 2010. "Les indicateurs de la RSE dans les entreprises françaises : "l'usine à gaz responsable"," Post-Print hal-01661694, HAL.

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