We seek to understand how and when government should (and should not) intervene to stimulate green product development when competing firms with asymmetric credibilities communicate their environmental performance through ecolabels. To that end, we develop a consumer-driven model of green...

Facing the new challenges in production processes, companies should adopt lean and green practices in product development. In SMEs, the application of these practices is more complex. This work explores the maturity of lean-green methodologies in the product development process in Brazilian and...

Green practices are becoming increasingly important throughout the world. The performance of SMEs is becoming a crucial issue because of increasing awareness of consumers about environmentally friendly products; therefore, enterprises not following green practices may face a significant decline...