A Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performance

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dc.contributor.authorMark P. Sharfman
dc.contributor.authorTeresa M. Shaft
dc.contributor.authorLaszlo Tihanyi
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:36:34Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:28Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:36:34Z
dc.date.issued2004-03-01
dc.description.abstractStories of firms that exceed local compliance requirements in their environmental performance appear routinely. However, we have limited theoretical explanations of what propels these firms to exceed compliance. Our theory suggests that global competitive and institutional pressures lead multinational firms to develop highlevel, environmental management systems (EMS) that make them more competitive. For economic and other reasons, select firms make the choice to rationalize their collective environmental performance to the highest common denominator rather than the lowest. Regulations around the world differ widely and are a moving target in many settings. The need to comply with such myriad, shifting rules leads to firms creating EMS to help stay ahead of regulations worldwide. Using institutional and internationalization theories as our basis, we offer a propositional model concerning global competitive/institutional pressures and their effects on corporate environmental performance. We conclude the paper with a discussion of the implications of the model.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationSharfman, M. P., Shaft, T. M., & Tihanyi, L. (2004). A Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performance. Business & Society, 43(1), 6-36. doi: 10.1177/0007650304262962en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0007650304262962en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25272
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBusiness & Society
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectnatural environmenten_US
dc.subjectglobalizationen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional theoryen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental performanceen_US
dc.subjectmultinational enterprisesen_US
dc.titleA Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performanceen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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