TY - BOOK AU - Johnstone,Nick ED - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Environmental policy and corporate behaviour SN - 9781781953020 (e-book) AV - HD30.255 .E5872 2007 U1 - 658.4/083 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar Pub. KW - Industrial management KW - Environmental aspects KW - Corporations KW - Business enterprises KW - Environmental policy KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Public environmental policy and corporate behaviour : project background, overview of the data and summary results -- 2. Environmental management systems and practices : an international perspective -- 3. Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip' : direct and indirect public policy incentives to improve corporate environmental performance -- 4. An empirical study of environmental R&D : what encourages facilities to be environmentally innovative? -- 5. End-of-pipe or cleaner production? : an empirical comparison of environmental innovation decisions across OECD countries -- 6. Understanding the relationship between a facility's environmental and financial performance -- 7. Environmental policy and corporate behaviour : policy conclusions N2 - For the last 30 years, analysis of the inner workings of the firm has been largely absent from economic assessments of environmental policy. Recent work has highlighted the importance of understanding a firm's commercial motivations, decision-making procedures and organizational structure when designing and implementing public environmental policies. Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour responds to this need, investigating the many internal challenges faced by firms seeking to implement new policies and achieve significant and long-lasting environmental progress UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847200327.xml ER -