We explore the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on companies' sustainability strategies and practices. Prior research has identified a number of factors that shape such effects, including crisis severity, resource slack, and prior investments, but their interactions have not been given much attention. We thus collected qualitative data on 25 companies in four African countries, which we analyzed inductively and iteratively through cross-case comparison and with fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. We identify two pathways associated with strengthening responses ("building on strengths" and "governance gap-filling") and three associated with restricting responses ("hard hit," "low-road business-as-usual," and "bunkering down"). Our findings enhance our understanding of organizational responses to crises by attending to configurational effects, by elaborating the role of prior sustainability investments, and by foregrounding the relevance of governance contexts. We describe implications for future research and managers, investors, and sustainability initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.
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Kaunas Univ Appl Sci, Business Fac, Pramones Av 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, LithuaniaKaunas Univ Appl Sci, Business Fac, Pramones Av 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Lukic, Tamara
Pivac, Tatjana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Pivac, Tatjana
Solarevic, Milica
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Solarevic, Milica
Blesic, Ivana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
South Ural State Univ, Inst Sports Tourism & Serv, Chelyabinsk 454080, RussiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Blesic, Ivana
Zivkovic, Jelena
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Univ Nis, Fac Sci & Math, Dept Geog, Visegradska 33, Nish 18000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Zivkovic, Jelena
Penjisevic, Ivana
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Univ Pristina Kosovska Mitrovica, Fac Sci & Math, Lole Ribara 29, Kosovska Mitrovica 38220, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Penjisevic, Ivana
Golic, Rajko
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Univ Belgrade, Fac Geog, Studentski Trg 3-3, Belgrade 11000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Golic, Rajko
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Pivarski, Bojana Kalenjuk
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Bubalo-Zivkovic, Milka
Pandzic, Ana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
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Confederac Espanola Org Empresariales, Area Prevenc Riesgos Laborales, Dept Empleo Diversidad & Protecc Social, Diego Leon 50, Madrid 28006, SpainConfederac Espanola Org Empresariales, Area Prevenc Riesgos Laborales, Dept Empleo Diversidad & Protecc Social, Diego Leon 50, Madrid 28006, Spain
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Univ Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, JapanUniv Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
Feng, Chi
Takeda, Fumiko
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Keio Univ, Grad Sch Business Adm, 4 1 1 Hiyoshi,Kohoku ku, Yokohama, Japan
Keio Univ, Grad Sch Business Adm, 4 1 1 Hiyoshi,Kohoku ku, Yokohama 238526, JapanUniv Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Liberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USALiberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USA
Parmelee, Sheri Dean
Greer, Clark F.
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Liberty Univ, Lynchburg, VA USALiberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USA
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Kaunas Univ Appl Sci, Business Fac, Pramones Av 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, LithuaniaKaunas Univ Appl Sci, Business Fac, Pramones Av 20, LT-50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Lukic, Tamara
Pivac, Tatjana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Pivac, Tatjana
Solarevic, Milica
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Solarevic, Milica
Blesic, Ivana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
South Ural State Univ, Inst Sports Tourism & Serv, Chelyabinsk 454080, RussiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Blesic, Ivana
Zivkovic, Jelena
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Univ Nis, Fac Sci & Math, Dept Geog, Visegradska 33, Nish 18000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Zivkovic, Jelena
Penjisevic, Ivana
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Univ Pristina Kosovska Mitrovica, Fac Sci & Math, Lole Ribara 29, Kosovska Mitrovica 38220, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Penjisevic, Ivana
Golic, Rajko
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Univ Belgrade, Fac Geog, Studentski Trg 3-3, Belgrade 11000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Golic, Rajko
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Pivarski, Bojana Kalenjuk
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Bubalo-Zivkovic, Milka
Pandzic, Ana
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Univ Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, SerbiaUniv Novi Sad, Fac Sci, Dept Geog Tourism & Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
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Confederac Espanola Org Empresariales, Area Prevenc Riesgos Laborales, Dept Empleo Diversidad & Protecc Social, Diego Leon 50, Madrid 28006, SpainConfederac Espanola Org Empresariales, Area Prevenc Riesgos Laborales, Dept Empleo Diversidad & Protecc Social, Diego Leon 50, Madrid 28006, Spain
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Univ Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, JapanUniv Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
Feng, Chi
Takeda, Fumiko
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Keio Univ, Grad Sch Business Adm, 4 1 1 Hiyoshi,Kohoku ku, Yokohama, Japan
Keio Univ, Grad Sch Business Adm, 4 1 1 Hiyoshi,Kohoku ku, Yokohama 238526, JapanUniv Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, 7 3 1 Hongo,Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Liberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USALiberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USA
Parmelee, Sheri Dean
Greer, Clark F.
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Liberty Univ, Lynchburg, VA USALiberty Univ, Dept Strateg & Personal Commun, 1971 Univ Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515 USA