Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the diffusion of ISO 14001-based environmental management system (EMS … diffusion, this paper focuses on two aspects of diffusion: the extent of diffusion of EMS and the balance of EMS diffusion …. Findings – The results show that the extent of diffusion of EMS has a positive effect on green products, green processes, and …

understand the diffusion of this literature a database, the Lean Publications Database, was constructed. The number of …

– Through “layering” and “diffusion” of institutions as social mechanisms included in the historical new institutionalism …/value – The use of historical neo‐institutionalism and the exam of mechanisms as “layering” and “diffusion” for explaining change …

the public procurement of innovation is, however, diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to counter this neglect by … exploring how institutional coordination may affect the diffusion of innovations procured by a public agency. Design … institutions and institutional coordination affect the adoption and diffusion of innovation. Findings – Several endogenous …

organizations. This paper presents a detailed analysis of certification diffusion in Italy and in some European countries with …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the intra‐organisational diffusion of management innovations, taking … operating in Ireland. It makes use of a theoretical framework, which posits that multinational firms act as a diffusion … multinationals, which have used Six Sigma for at least three years. Intra‐organisational diffusion does exist. Multinationals do act …

investigation of ISO 9001 diffusion over time is of mandatory importance. The research here reported covers the development of … the main evolution perspectives for ISO 9001 diffusion; identify significant variables that may influence ISO 9001 quality … management systems diffusion; develop mathematical models in order to characterize the ISO 9001 certification evolution on a …