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Adu, D. A. 2022. Sustainable banking initiatives, environmental disclosure and financial performance: The moderating impact of corporate governance mechanisms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(5), 2365-2399.
Alo, O. & Arslan, A. 2023. Meta-organizations and environmental sustainability: an overview in African context, International studies of management & organization, 53(2): 63-76.
Andrade, C.R.D. and Gonçalo, C.R. 2021. Digital transformation by enabling strategic capabilities in the context of “BRICS", Revista de Gestão, 28(4): 297-315.
Aregbeshola, RA, Radebe, NS. 2012. The impact of corporate social responsibility on the profitability of listed retailers: indications from the Johannesburg Security Exchange. African journal of business management, 6(4): 1694-1701.
Burksiene, V., & Dvorak, J. 2022. E-coDmmunication of ENGO's for measurable improvements for sustainability. Administrative Sciences, 12(2):70.
Chaudhuri, R., Chatterjee, S., Kraus, S., & Vrontis, D. 2023. Assessing the AI-CRM technology capability for sustaining family businesses in times of crisis: The moderating role of strategic intent. Journal of Family Business Management, 13(1):46-67.
Cicchiello, A.F., Fellegara, A.M., Kazemikhasragh, A. and Monferrà, S. 2021. Gender diversity on corporate boards: How Asian and African women contribute on sustainability reporting activity, Gender in Management, 36(7): 801-820.
Dosumu, O. & Aigbavboa, C. 2021. Drivers and effects of sustainable construction in the South African construction industry. Acta Structilia, 28(2): 78-107.
Ebekozien, A., Aigbavboa, C., & Samsurijan, M. S. 2023. Social sustainability under threat: A case of two collapsed buildings in Lagos, Nigeria. Property Management.
Eccles, NS, Pillay V & De Jongh. 2009. Correlates of corporate accountability among South Africa's largest listed companies. Southern African Business Review, 13(1):21-38.
Johnson, R., Erasmus, P. D., & Mans-Kemp, N. 2019. Assessing the business case for environmental, social and corporate governance practices in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 22(1):1-13.
Kolade, O., Atiase, V., Murithi, W. & Mwila, N. 2021, The business models of tech hubs in Africa: implications for viability and sustainability, Technology analysis & strategic management, 33(10):1213-1225.
Khubana, T., Rootman, C., & Smith, E. E. 2022. How to create shared value in mining organisations. South African Journal of Business Management, 53(1): e1-e12.
Lakhani, L., & Herbert, S. L. 2022. Theoretical frameworks applied in integrated reporting and sustainability reporting research. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 25(1): 1-12.
Le Roux, C. & Pretorius, M., 2016. Conceptualizing the Limiting Issues Inhibiting Sustainability Embeddedness. Sustainability, 8(4): 364.
Le Roux, C. & Pretorius, M., 2016. Navigating Sustainability Embeddedness in Management Decision-Making. Sustainability, 8(5): 444
Macgregor, R.K., Sroka, W. & Pelikanova, R.M. 2020. The CSR Perception of Frontline Employees of Luxury Fashion Businesse, Organizacija, 53(3): 198-211.
Mate, D., Novotny, A., & Kovacs, S. 2022. Deep ranking analysis by power eigenvectors (DRAPE): Linking sustainability and national competitiveness. Journal of Competitiveness, 14(1): 80-99.
Maroun, W., Ecim, D., & Cerbone, D. 2022. Refining integrated thinking. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14(7): 1-25.
Nambiar, P. & Chitty, N. 2014. Meaning Making by Managers: Corporate Discourse on Environment and Sustainability in India. Journal of Business Ethics, 123, 493–511.
Nealer, E & Naude, M. 2011. Integrated co-operative governance in the context of sustainable development. TD:The journal of transdisciplinary research in Southern Africa, 7(1):105-118
Nhamo, S & Nhamo, G. 2014. Mainstreaming green economy into sustainable development policy frameworks in SADC. Environmental Economics, 5(2): 55-65.
Nwoba, A.C., Boso, N. & Robson, M.J. 2021. Corporate sustainability strategies in institutional adversity: Antecedent, outcome, and contingency effects, Business strategy and the environment, 30(2):787-807.
Ogunyemi, K., Atanya, O., & Burgal, V. 2022. Non-financial reporting regulation and the State of Sustainability disclosure among banks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A literature review on banks in Ghana and Nigeria. Management and Leadership for a sustainable Africa, 3: 55-72.
Pigatto, G., Cinquini, L., Tenucci, A. and Dumay, J. 2023. Disclosing value creation in integrated reports according to the six capitals: a holistic approach for a holistic instrument, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14(7): 90-123.
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Zulu, S. L. (et al). 2022. Drivers and barriers to sustainability practices in the Zambian construction industry. International Journal of Construction Management, (ahead-of-print): 1-10.