Why go green?: The effects of internationalization, path-dependency, and environmental uncertainty

Environmental Innovations and Internationalization: Theory and Practices

“…However, only a few empirical studies support these hypotheses, whereas others suggest that the costs for environmental protection are not a key determinant of the firms’ internationalization patterns (Christmann and Taylor, ). In contrast, we maintain that owning production or commercial units in several countries may spur environmental proactiveness, being another way than export to access novel knowledge or because the firm may be exposed to regulatory or other market constraints that push it to increase its environmental standards across all its units (Peng et al ., ). In this perspective, the multinational dimension of a firm can be positively linked to the flows of knowledge useful for eco‐innovation practices as well as in terms of foreign (market) pressure on a firm's green investments.…”

Determinants of voluntary environmental management practices by MNE subsidiaries

“…Despite the importance of this topic, to date it has attracted relatively limited research attention (Peng et al, 2009). Holtbrugge and Dogl (2012) specifically point to this gap in their bibliographic analysis of corporate environmental responsibility studies.…”

Operational Values of Information Technology and Green Initiatives: The Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

“…The data on actual output (Y it ), ordinary capital (K it ) and ordinary labour (L it ) are obtained from COMPUSTAT and the data on IT (I it ) capital are collected from Digital Planet and Information Week 500 (IW500). Following Peng et al (2009), this study defines the green initiative of a firm in manufacturing sector as ISO 14001certification. For service sector, efforts on material recycling, energy conservation, carbon footprint reduction, or environmentally friendly related activities that are based on the principles of ISO 14001 are considered.…”