The NGO's dilemma: How to influence firms to replace a potentially hazardous substance

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 649-669

  Kraft, Tim ^a   Zheng, Yanchong ^b   Erhun, Feryal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Game theory; Nongovernmental organizations; Private politics; Public politics; Substances of concern

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MARKET STRUCTURES; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PRIVATE POLITICS; PUBLIC POLITICS; REGULATORY CONDITIONS; REPLACEMENT COSTS; SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAME THEORY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84886017488     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2013.0440     Document Type: Article

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