Contexts and corporate voluntary environmental behaviors: Examining the EPA's green lights voluntary program

Organization and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-496

  Moon, Seong Gin ^a   De Leon, Peter ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Lights voluntary program; Greenhouse gas prevention; Institutional contexts; Market contexts; Neo institutional theory; Resource based theory; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION POLICY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 36348974010     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026607309395     Document Type: Article

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