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Pollution prevention as corporate entrepreneurship
Lober, Douglas J. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 11 (1998) 1, pp. 26-37
market opportunities. Pollution prevention is a new concept of the idea of environmental entrepreneurship as it is process … answer is: why have firms done so little pollution prevention given its many benefits? Using the entrepreneurship literature … as a framework, this study examines threats and opportunities of pollution prevention, the marshaling of combinations of …
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Lessons from benchmarking environmental performance at automobile assembly plants
Rothenberg, Sandra; Schenck, Brian; Maxwell, James - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 12 (2005) 1, pp. 5-15
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to better understand benefits and problems with different approaches to benchmarking environmental performance in manufacturing. Design/methodology/approach – This paper shares the experience of a research program developing environmental benchmarking...
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From backyard to commercial hog production
Huang, Weiming; Qiao, Fangbin; Liu, Huaiju; Jia, Xiangping - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 1, pp. 22-36
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of structural changes in hog production manure management practices. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study are obtained from a large-scale nationwide hog producers’ survey in rural China conducted by the...
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Towards Kyoto II: numbers matter!
Lane, Jan‐Erik - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2009) 1, pp. 75-79
, then it is not tenable to argue that pollution goes with affluence. On the contrary, poor or medium income countries with a … population size has a huge impact upon pollution and emissions. Practical implications – Global ecological pressure is the …
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The informational value of Toxics Release Inventory performance
Connors, Elizabeth; Johnston, Holly H.; Gao, Lucia S. - In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 4 (2013) 1, pp. 32-55
Purpose – The study aims to evaluate the informational value to investors of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) as an external outcome measure of corporate environmental performance. Emphasis is placed on the market response differences between three highly polluting industries....
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Strategic analysis of offshore migration of polluting firms and suppliers: an option value perspective
Lee, Tzong‐Ru (Jiun‐Shen); Chen, Yenming J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 17 (2012) 6, pp. 666-674
, instead of relocating to offshore or so called pollution havens. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the existing …
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Environmental human resource management and competitive advantage
Carmona‐Moreno, Eva; Céspedes‐Lorente, José; … - In: Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican … 10 (2012) 2, pp. 125-142
benefit from the advantages in costs and differentiation derived from the implementation of pollution prevention technologies … management practices in the relationship between pollution prevention technologies and economic performance. Empirically, it …
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An Analysis of the Association between Pollution Disclosure and Economic Performance
Freedman, Martin; Jaggi, Bikki - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 1 (1988) 2, pp. 43-58
The association between the extent of pollution disclosures and economic performance of firms belonging to four highly … pollution disclosures, a disclosure index has been developed. The results do not indicate a significant association between the … economic performance and pollution disclosures for the total sample. However, when the sample is segmented by industry group, a …
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Quantifying the Uncertainty of Energy Creation from Solar and Wind Farms in Different Locations
Strang, Kenneth David; Nersesian, Roy - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 13-46
This paper illustrates how to assess the risk associated with solar and wind farm energy creation by identifying the critical operational factors and then developing multivariate models. The study reveals that a dependence on solar and wind could place consumers at risk of interrupted service...
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U.S. West: The Next Energy Nexus
Davis, Sandra K.; Kear, Andrew R. - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 6 (2014) 1, pp. 127-151
Abstract Federal and state policies have historically privileged fossil fuel development in the western US. Presently, these abundant conventional energy sources remain important economic contributors to western state and federal coffers but rising energy demand, calls for energy independence,...
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