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This study has been partially funded by the ERDF-Interreg SUDOE Project SOE3/P2/F0917, VINCI (Wine, Innovation and International Competitiveness), the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government (project PGC2018-095529-B-I00) and by the Department of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Aragon (Research Group S55_20R).

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October 11, 2021
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The Drivers of the Sustainability of Spanish Wineries: Resources and Capabilities

Publicated to:Sustainability. 13 (18): 10171- - 2021-09-01 13(18), DOI: 10.3390/su131810171

Authors: Garcia-Cortijo, Maria Carmen; Ferrer, Juan R.; Castillo-Valero, Juan Sebastian; Pinilla, Vicente;

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Univ Castilla La Mancha, Inst Desarrollo Reg, Paseo Estudiantes S-N, Albacete 02071, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Agronom Alimentaria & Biosistemas, Av Puerta Hierro,N,2,4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Appl Econ, Gran Via N 2, Zaragoza 50005, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Inst Agroalimentario Aragon IA2, Gran Via N 2, Zaragoza 50005, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article aims to determine which of a firm's resources are drivers of its decisions on sustainability policies. For this purpose, it analyses four of the resources that the literature has linked with sustainability: (1) marketing resources, (2) technological resources, (3) innovation resources and (4) financial resources. The study focuses on Spain, which has the largest surface area under vine in the world. The database for the empirical analysis was drawn up from a survey among wineries carried out during 2020 and 2021. A total of 411 observations were valid. From the quantitative analysis, based on Box-Cox models, it can be concluded that adopting sustainability policies requires placing stress on innovation and on the capacity for communicating such innovations so that consumers perceive them as a change for the better; having greater technological or financial resources seems to be insufficient and of little importance. The results indicate that promoting funding and resource availability as basic tools should be reviewed in sustainability policies for wine firms.

Keywords

Carbon footprintCompaniesCompetitive advantageCorporate social responsibilityDriversFrameworkIndustryOrganic winePerformanceResourcesSustainability

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sustainability due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 11.01, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-27, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 18

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 47 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.