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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      20 April 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511491863
      9780521662499
      9780521664875
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491863
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 196 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.32kg, 196 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
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    Economics, Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations
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    Over the last two decades environmental issues have become important in public and business policy. This book asks why firms sometimes voluntarily adopt environmental policies which go beyond legal requirements. It employs a new-institutionalist perspective, and argues that existing explanations, especially from neoclassical economics, concentrate on external factors at the expense of internal dynamics. Prakash argues that 'beyond-compliance' policies are due to two types of intra-firm processes, which he describes as power- and leadership-based. His argument is supported by analysis of ten cases within two firms - Baxter International Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company - including interviews with managers, and access to meetings and documents. This book therefore examines the internal working of firms' environmental policy in a theoretically rigorous way, providing a significant contribution to the theory of the firm. It will be valuable for students of business and environmental studies, as well as political economy and public policy.

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    "Prakash should be commended for providing a wealth of valuable research questions for the future." Administrative Science Quarterly

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