Why Japanese Firms Choose to Certify: A Study of Managerial Responses to Environmental Issues

By Masao Nakamura, Takuya Takahashi, Ilan Vertinsky. 2001

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Subfields: Marketing, Strategy and Management

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In Search of Environmental Spillovers (2009, background): “Nakamura et al. (2001) indicate that patterns of environmental management practices across Japanese firms demonstrate considerable differences.”
Adoption of Pollution Prevention Techniques: The Role of Management Systems and Regulatory Pressures (2009, background): “Studies of environmental management systems (survey in Khanna 2001) have examined the motivations for adopting an environmental plan (Henriques and Sadorsky 1996), seeking ISO certification (Anderson et al. 1999; Dasgupta et al. 2000; King and Lenox 2001; Nakamura et al. 2001), adopting a more compr”
ISO 14001 certification and financial performance: selection-effect versus treatment-effect (2011, background): “…environmental management systems (EMSs), participation in trade association programmes emphasizing codes of environmental management, and adoption of international certification standards for environmental management are becoming widespread (Anton et al., 2004; Nakamura et al., 2001).”
Is a voluntary approach an effective environmental policy instrument?. A case for environmental management systems (2007, positive): “Larger facilities are more likely to adopt ISO, which is consistent with Nakamura et al. (2001), Hibiki et al.”
Environmental Standards and Labor Productivity: Understanding the Mechanisms that Sustain Sustainability (2013, positive): “Additionally, environmental standards can enhance corporate reputation (e.g., Konar & Cohen, 2001) and provide access to environmentally oriented consumers (Anton, Deltas, & Khanna, 2004; Delmas & Montiel, 2009; Khanna & Damon, 1999; Nakamura et al., 2001).”
Why do manufacturing facilities introduce environmental management systems? Improving and/or signaling performance ☆ (2009, background): “Both Nakamura et al. (2001) and Bansal and Hunter (2003) find support for this hypothesis.”
Understanding environmental management accounting (EMA) adoption: a new institutional sociology perspective (2011, background): “Institutional pressure is the pressure faced by organisations to improve environmental performance from the government, profession and society (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983; Nakamura et al., 2001).”
The carbon dioxide emissions of firms:a spatial analysis (2013, background): “In addition, Nakamura et al. (2001) and Albornoz et al. (2009) provide evidence to suggest that larger firms are more likely to undertake environmental management practices than smaller firms, presumably reflecting the greater ability of larger firms to devote resources to such practices.”
Do Environmental Management Systems Improve Business Performance in an International Setting (2008, background): “— Insert Table 1 about here — Environmental research and development is measured by whether or not a facility had a development budget allocated towards environmental matters (environmental R&D budget) (Porter & van der Linde, 1995; Nakamura et al. 2001).”