Environmental management systems and technological environmental innovations: Exploring the causal relationship

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 885-893

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a,b   Seijas Nogareda, Jazmin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EMAS; Environmental management systems; Environmental product and process innovations; ISO 14001; Voluntary environmental programs

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DATA SETS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; EMAS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT AND PROCESS INNOVATIONS; GERMAN MANUFACTURING; INNOVATIVENESS; ISO 14001; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACHES; PROBIT MODELS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRMS; VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 64049085544     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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