What determines the decision to implement EMAS? A European firm level study

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-518

  Bracke, Roeland ^a   Verbeke, Tom ^b   Dejonckheere, Veerle ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business and financial characteristics; EMAS participation; Logistic regression; Stakeholder pressures

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); WAGES;

ECO-MANAGEMENT; EMAS PARTICIPATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; JAPANESE COMPANY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; RELATIVE SIZES; STAKEHOLDER PRESSURES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

BUSINESS; DECISION ANALYSIS; LABOR; LOGISTICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; STAKEHOLDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 55949130356     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9207-y     Document Type: Article

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