A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?
A relational view of climate adaptation in the private sector: How do value chain interactions shape business perceptions of climate risk and adaptive behaviours?
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DOI：
10.1002/bse.2375
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发表时间：
2019-09-10
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13.4
通讯作者：
Pelling, Mark
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作者：
Canevari-Luzardo, Laura M.;Berkhout, Frans;Pelling, Mark
探索私营部门气候变化适应的研究很少调查商业网络相互作用对气候脆弱性和适应结果的影响。本文提出了一个新的理论框架来探讨商业网络动态如何影响企业的风险认知和适应性行为。该框架的实证基础是对牙买加三个易受气候变化影响的农业价值链的商业网络动态进行比较分析。研究结果说明了价值链参与者的暴露度、敏感性和适应能力如何受到业务相互依赖和企业间关系的影响。我们发现，商业交流的正式程度（契约式或非契约式）、资源相互依赖程度以及关键资源获取渠道多样化的能力，都会影响气候相关风险的传播，并影响行为体对这些风险的暴露程度和敏感性。该研究还提供了结合和桥接关系关系对适应能力所起作用的证据。该框架和研究结果为探索应对气候风险的企业适应战略的关系观点的新研究议程奠定了基础。
Studies exploring climate change adaptation in the private sector have seldom investigated the effect of business network interactions on climate vulnerability and adaptation outcomes. This paper proposes a novel theoretical framework to explore how business-network dynamics affect risk perceptions and adaptive behaviours in business firms. The framework is empirically grounded in a comparative analysis of business-network dynamics from three agricultural value chains in Jamaica that are vulnerable to climate change impacts. The results illustrate how the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of value chain actors are influenced by business interdependencies and interfirm relationships. We find that the level of formality of business exchanges (contractual or noncontractual), the level of resource interdependency, and the ability to diversify access channels to critical resources can influence the propagation of climate-related risks and influence actors' exposure and sensitivity to those risks. The study also offers evidence of the role played by bonding and bridging relational ties on adaptive capacity. The framework and findings provide a foundation for a new research agenda exploring a relational view of firm adaptation strategy in response to climate risks.