Towards Sustainability Through Collaboration Between Industrial Sectors and Government: The Mexican Case

Franco-García, María Laura; Bressers, Hans

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3159-4_14

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“…In particular, mistrust among actors has been already reported in previous studies as a failure factor or barrier (Franco‐Garcia and Bressers, ; Medina‐Ross, ). However, other aspects might also hinder the desired outcomes.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…VA success factors have been assessed in various context and conditions. The assessment by Franco‐Garcia and Bressers () of a Mexican situation used as its reference a previous research carried out for the Dutch situation (Bressers and Bruijn, , ). Using empirical methods (a survey and interviews), Franco‐Garcia and Bressers assessed the perceptions of the Mexican industrial sector on the use of VAs, the environmental policy implications, the benefits and side effects, and the success factors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unlike the genuine voluntary approaches, a negotiated agreement is much more oriented toward mid‐term and long‐term improvements in environmental performance (Franco‐Garcia and Bressers, ; Delmas and Terlaak, ). Hanks () suggested that, in addition to governmental threats, companies may enter into negotiated agreements as a result of community and NGOs pressures or to maintain or gain a good reputation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This question is answered by framing secondary source data from studies by Blackman () and Franco‐Garcia and Bressers () who described success/failure factors in VAs in the Mexican context. Characteristics of VAs identified by Blackman () form part of this analysis.…”

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A dynamic analysis of voluntary agreement implementation in Mexico

Franco-García

Sosa²,

Bressers

2012

Journal of Public Affairs

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This paper provides a descriptive historical analysis of failure and success factors during the implementation phase of environmental voluntary agreements (VAs) in Mexico. Secondary source data suggest that over the past two decades, perceptions of VAs have changed, and the purpose of this paper was to identify the driving factors behind that change. The analytical framework has three components: the first one refers to prior research findings on the perceptions of the Mexican private sector. The second and third components draw on previously reported 'successful' characteristics in voluntary approaches. By including a range of interest groups, the authors aimed to include those aspects of communication processes described as 'lobbying' by several authors. A major outcome of this analysis is that the low level of 'trust' among actors amounted to a failure factor when implementing a VA but that, after 14 years, the level of 'trust' had increased resulting in a cooperative attitude among actors. Communication effectiveness had an important role in the 'trust' building process, leading to the conclusion that communication processes had also improved. Although this cannot be claimed as a direct result of the lobbying processes, this research has identified the influence of 'lobbying' in facilitating the successful implementation of a VA.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A dynamic analysis of voluntary agreement implementation in Mexico

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Sosa²,

Bressers

2012

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“…Beyond the European region, there are a number of experiments with voluntary approaches: North American countries (Orts and Deketelaere, 2001), Japan (Sauer et al, 2001), New Zealand and in the developing world such as Mexico and China (Franco-García and Bressers, 2010;Bressers and Xue, 2007). Unsurprisingly, it was observed that in spite of having the same general purpose, the variety of negotiated agreements has delivered so many different forms, processes and functions under different institutional and other circumstances in each country, that this makes it difficult to directly relate the number of negotiated agreements in a country to their potential effect on the environment.…”

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Joint environmental policy making and sustainable practices for the cardboard production

Carpio-Aguilar

Franco-Garcia

2013

Management Research Review

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Purpose-This paper presents an analysis of the influence of "Joint Environmental Policy-making" (JEP) in the operation of the company Smurfit Kappa (SK) in The Netherlands, Austria and Denmark (NL&AD). The paper aims to answer the question: to what extend has different levels of jointness and voluntariness of cardboard packaging-chain agreements between federal, governmental and business actors led to different recycling performances within the same company? Design/methodology/approach-JEP's analysis was framed under the model described by Mol, Volkmar and Liefferink by using information from mixed-methods throughout a semi-structured questionnaire for interviews and revision of relevant secondary data. This is a case of cross-national comparison for which origin and implementation level of JEPs were described per country, in accordance with those stages of the cardboard production chain. Findings-Jointness and voluntariness amongst other actors from governmental areas and business ranked high for the Dutch packaging-chain agreements with a visible impact in SK's recycling rates. SK in Austria and in Denmark, in this order, had a lower implementation level of JEPs which could be reflected in a lower recycling performance than in the Dutch SK subsidiaries. The context matters, including both political and social conditions. In particular, the role of householders as a last link in the recycling chain. Based on this, the selected countries share some societal characteristics associated with the environmental public awareness and active social participation. Originality/value-This paper fulfills an analysis of how environmental policy making is affected by the country context within the same company.

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Motivations towards environmental innovation

Yarahmadi

Higgins

2012

European Journal of Innovation Management

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to examine the green innovation literature using a conceptual framework developed to explain the driving forces behind environmental cooperative activities of firms. The framework links motivations to the different type of partners in the context of environmental innovations. Design/methodology/approach-Literature on innovation, environmental innovation, sustainable development and strategic management is examined in order to build the conceptual framework. Findings-This paper suggests that firms cooperate with governmental agencies, NGOs, suppliers, customers and industry associations to comply with environmental laws and regulation, obtain legitimacy as well as acquire competency (i.e. access to resources such as funds, knowledge and skills). However, only competency-oriented motivation stimulates organisations to cooperate with competitors and knowledge leaders. Research limitations/implications-The model developed is conceptual and qualitative in nature. More research that is empirical needs to be conducted to test for the validity of the six formulated propositions. Originality/value-The significance of this paper is twofold. First, it integrates two different strategic management theories: resource-based and institutional theories in explaining cooperative environmental motivations. Second, it develops a framework that provides a basis for more theoretical and empirical studies.

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Towards Sustainability Through Collaboration Between Industrial Sectors and Government: The Mexican Case

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

A dynamic analysis of voluntary agreement implementation in Mexico

A dynamic analysis of voluntary agreement implementation in Mexico

Joint environmental policy making and sustainable practices for the cardboard production

Motivations towards environmental innovation

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