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The Incentive to Invest in Environmental-Friendly Technologies: Dynamics Makes a Difference

Dragone, Davide; Lambertini, Luca; Palestini, Arsen - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2009

external effect, their incentive to invest in R&D for pollution abatement is nil unless they are subject to some form of …

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An Empirical Analysis of the UK Government's Environmental Policy for the Domestic Sector.

Johnstone, N. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 1995

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Green productivity indexing

Mohan Das Gandhi, N.; Selladurai, V.; Santhi, P. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 55 (2006) 7, pp. 594-606

opportunities to other pollution‐intensive industries. From a practical perspectiv e, the framework of indicators developed to this …

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Environmental policy and management in Barbados

Khan, Jamal; Alleyne, Samantha - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 9 (1996) 1, pp. 25-35

Considers the inclusion of environmental policy dimensions into strategic development planning for the coastal environment of Barbados. Coastal zone management forms one aspect of development planning in Barbados, focusing on strategic development planning within the coastal environment. The...

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Statistical analysis of the impact of air pollution on the quality of inventory

Jung Lyu, Jr; Gunasekaran, A.; Ding, Jyh‐Hong - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 13 (1996) 7, pp. 48-56

Air pollution is a problem that concerns many of us all over the world. Developing countries are also facing this … problem. For the most part, air pollution is a negative side‐effect of industrial development. As such, it primarily concerns … industrial development. Taiwan is one of the developing countries that has to deal with this problem. Air pollution is not just …

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Exploring the linkage between investment in manufacturing and environmental technologies

Klassen, Robert D. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 20 (2000) 2, pp. 127-147

to shift away from their traditional emphasis on pollution control toward pollution prevention when improving … advanced process technologies actually shifted investment away from pollution prevention. In contrast, increased investment in … quality‐related organizational systems favored concurrent investment in recycling programs, along with pollution prevention …

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Linking operational and environmental improvement through employee involvement

Hanna, Mark D.; Rocky Newman, W.; Johnson, Pamela - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 20 (2000) 2, pp. 148-165

This paper uses data from 349 employee involvement (EI) team projects to explore the relationships between process type, operational performance, employee involvement, and environmental performance. We investigate the stated goals and outcomes of EI team projects and relationships among these....

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Is carbon finance the answer to climate control?

Yeoh, Peter - In: International Journal of Law and Management 50 (2008) 4, pp. 189-206

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the continued viability of the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) as a tool for climate control in the face of continued criticisms. Design/methodology/approach – This evaluative study makes use of connected existing studies...

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Avoiding Pollution Penalties: Risk Management is the Key

In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 91 (1991) 5, pp. 17-18

underwriting of pollution disasters in the light of the swingeing payments doled out in the past. They will now demand the highest … which could have obviated the demise of companies in the past. Penalties for corporate pollution of the environment will be …

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TQM and Environmental Excellence in Manufacturing

Klassen, R.D.; McLaughlin, C.P. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 93 (1993) 6, pp. 14-22

Recent public policy trends and new consumer demands are redirecting the attention of management outside the traditional focus of customers, suppliers and internal operations. However, little research has focused on the perspective that operations management and the growing body of literature on...

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