Stakeholder engagement has grown into a widely used yet often unclear construct in
business and society research. The literature lacks a unified understanding of the essentials …

This article differentiates between descriptive and explanatory factors to develop a typology
and a theory of stakeholder and public engagement. The typology describes different types …

Authentic intangible cultural heritage (ICH) provides a community with a unique selling point
in the globally competitive tourism industry. The process of commodification of ICH …

Recognizing the urgent need for sustainability, we argue that to move beyond the rhetoric
and to actually realize sustainable development, it must be considered as a decision-making …

One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world's human population in a
sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent …

Monitoring and evaluation are central to ensuring that innovative, multi-scale, and
interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability are effective. The development of relevant …

Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems.
Employing the ecosystem service concept is intended to support the development of policies …

Stakeholder analysis means many things to different people. Various methods and
approaches have been developed in different fields for different purposes, leading to …

Authoritarian environmentalism is a non-participatory approach to public policy-making and
implementation in the face of severe environmental challenges. Using the case of China's …

Participatory approaches can be seen as a requirement, but also as a benefit to the overall
paradigm change towards sustainable development and contribute towards the integration …