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This study examines whether deregulation offered U.S. electric utilities an opportunity to build a competitive advantage by differentiating themselves from the more conventional energy producers. ... Read More »
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Two tools—life cycle analysis and input-output analysis—can help managers assess the environmental impact of products.
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This study examines how the environmental practices of proactive firms differ from other firms. Answering this question can help managers understand the environmental strategies that ... Read More »
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This study examines the chemical industry’s Responsible Care Program and evaluates whether it improved member firms’ environmental performance relative to their peers. The authors find ... Read More »
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According to this study, managers’ disagreements about “good judgment” result from their different ideologies. Managers with authoritarian ideologies tend to hold others responsible, be less ... Read More »
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Multinationals gain three main advantages by investing in developing world markets: 1) a new source of revenues, 2) lower operating costs and 3) access to ... Read More »
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This paper examines how interactions among governments, businesses and NGOs in and around UN conferences serve to establish global regulations, such as those restricting toxic ... Read More »
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Companies can improve their reputation and reduce the financial impact of negative publicity through strategic social investments. Three factors allow CSR to be leveraged for ... Read More »
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This paper examines how attitudes towards learning in the context of inter-organizational collaboration affect how partners interact. The findings suggest attitudes towards mutual learning are ... Read More »
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This study finds that corporate philanthropy and financial performance have an inverse U-shaped relationship. In other words, the author’s model shows that the relationship is ... Read More »