Environmental management and firm performance: A case study

Claver, Enrique; López, María del Carmen Manchado; Molina, J.F.; Tarı́, Juan José

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.09.012

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“…Firms with very low manufacturing emissions with respect to their competitors may be able to gain a first-mover advantage after improving their green image in emerging green product markets (Roy, 1999). Indeed, attempts to differentiate products as environmentally responsible while continuing to produce comparatively high levels of waste and emissions in production is risky, as outside observers can easily expose this anomaly, destroying a firm's credibility and reputation and consequently undermining its current and potential competitiveness (Claver et al, 2007). In the light of the reasons above, we propose the following hypotheses:…”

Section: Environmental Protection and Competitive Advantage Through Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Rather, this relationship seems to depend on environmental management and environmental performance, the firm resources most directly associated with their proactive environmental management, and the effect that proactive environmental management and environmental performance have on competitive advantage and financial performance (Claver et al, 2007). We also test whether or not firms adopting an earlier investment timing and more intense engagement with environmental issues adopt a proactive environmental management.…”

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confidence: 98%

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The whole relationship between environmental variables and firm performance: Competitive advantage and firm resources as mediator variables

López‐Gamero

Molina‐Azorín

Claver‐Cortés

2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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a b s t r a c tThe examination of the possible direct link between environmental protection and firm performance in the literature has generally produced mixed results. The present paper contributes to the literature by using the resource-based view as a mediating process in this relationship. The study specifically tests whether or not the resource-based view of the firm mediates the positive relationships of proactive environmental management and improved environmental performance with competitive advantage, which also has consequences for financial performance. We also check the possible link between the adoption of a pioneering approach and good environmental management practices. Our findings support that early investment timing and intensity in environmental issues impact on the adoption of a proactive environmental management, which in turn helps to improve environmental performance. The findings also show that a firm's resources and competitive advantage act as mediator variables for a positive relationship between environmental protection and financial performance. This contribution is original because the present paper develops a comprehensive whole picture of this path process, which has previously only been partially discussed in the literature. In addition, this study clarifies a relevant point in the literature, namely that the effect of environmental protection on firm performance is not direct and can vary depending on the sector considered. Whereas competitive advantage in relation to costs influences financial performance in the IPPC law sector, the relevant influence in the hotel sector comes from competitive advantage through differentiation.

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Section: Environmental Protection and Competitive Advantage Through Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The whole relationship between environmental variables and firm performance: Competitive advantage and firm resources as mediator variables

López‐Gamero

Molina‐Azorín

Claver‐Cortés

2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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246

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“…Improving environmental performance not only protects the natural environment but also prevents rapid repletion of natural resources. Environmentally conscious gearbox manufacturing may help to improve economic performance and achieve competitive advantage with increased customer satisfaction [16][17][18].…”

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An explorative study to enable environmentally conscious manufacturing for an industrial gearbox manufacturing organization

2014

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-In recent years, environmentally conscious manufacturing (ECM) has become an important aspect and proactive approach for majority of the manufacturing organizations in India. The reason is that ECM not only helps to produce environment friendly, but also helps to make money by reducing cost or achieving competitive advantage. Industrial gearbox manufacturing organizations have significant environmental impacts as industrial gearbox manufacturing involves several steps which use valuable resources and pollute the environment. Hence, this paper presents an explorative environmental study of an Indian industrial gearbox manufacturing organization. The objective of the current paper is (i) to identify the environmental problems and environmentally conscious manufacturing indicators (ECMI), (ii) to find out the root causes of these problems and (iii) to solve the root causes based on the available stateof-the-art literature. This research work not only reviews the efficient environment friendly manufacturing techniques, but also helps the organization to become eco-efficient by producing environment friendly while making money. First ECMIs selected from literature review, are validated through process mapping. Then these indicators are prioritized using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to find out the critical environmentally conscious manufacturing indicators (CECMI). The sources of CECMIs are identified using either data envelopment analysis (DEA) or direct observation of the available database. Finally, some possible solutions are also addressed in this paper.

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“…Lastly, environmental dimension has been added as 6th dimension. Environment is a dimension which has been discussed in various studies in the literature (Claver et al, 2007;Curcio and Wolf, 1996;Hamner, 2001;Hamner, 2005;Henri and Journeault, 2008a;Henri and Journeault, 2008b;Henri and Journeault, 2008c;Hontou et al, 2007;Pfeffer, 2005;Wagner and Schaltegger 2004). As importance given to environmental dimension as strategic priority rises, individual companies would have to exhibit a growing inclination towards environmental issues.…”

Section: Strategic Prioritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Variables Perceived by Managers as Antecedents That Lead Firms to Environmental Management: An Empirical Research in the Turkish Construction Sector

BEKIROGLU¹,

ERDIL²,

Alpkan³

2011

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Environmental management and firm performance: A case study

Cited by 206 publications

References 48 publications

The whole relationship between environmental variables and firm performance: Competitive advantage and firm resources as mediator variables

The whole relationship between environmental variables and firm performance: Competitive advantage and firm resources as mediator variables

An explorative study to enable environmentally conscious manufacturing for an industrial gearbox manufacturing organization

Variables Perceived by Managers as Antecedents That Lead Firms to Environmental Management: An Empirical Research in the Turkish Construction Sector

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