Demand for ISO 14001 adoption in the global supply chain: An empirical analysis focusing on environmentally conscious markets

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-407

  Nishitani, Kimitaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adoption of ISO 14001; Economic performance; Environmental preferences and pressures of customers; Environmentally conscious markets; Random effects Tobit model; Tobit model

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION OF ISO 14001; DENMARK; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES AND PRESSURES OF CUSTOMERS; FINLAND; FOREIGN CUSTOMERS; FOREIGN SUPPLIERS; GERMANY; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; ISO 14001; ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS;

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMMERCE;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STAKEHOLDER; STANDARD (REGULATION);

DENMARK; FINLAND; GERMANY; JAPAN;

EID: 77952877553     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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