China’s future investments in environmental protection and control of manufacturing industry: lessons from developed countries

Wu, You; Sheng, Jichuan; Huang, Fang

doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1681-2

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“…As the world's second-largest economic entity, China has been experiencing substantial changes in economic, social, and environmental scopes from the past 40 years, when the economic system has shifted from planned economy to market economy [6]. However, Wu et al [7] indicated that the remarkable achievements of the economy of China worsened the environmental quality; in particular, the rapid development of the manufacturing industry aggravated environmental resource externalities and pollution. China has faced serious challenges such as resource depletion and environmental degradation [8].…”

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Entrepreneurs and Environmental Sustainability in the Digital Era: Regional and Institutional Perspectives

Zhou

Anwar

et al. 2020

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Climate change and environmental degradation have negatively affected the sustainable development of mankind. The “green” concept has been gradually accepted by the public, thereby strongly promoting “green” business forms and social innovation. This study adopts related information and technology knowledge and experience and warm glow (altruistic value) for business initiatives as push factors, market opportunity (MO) and personal innovativeness (PI) in technology as pull factors, and institutional theory (regulatory support and normative support) as mooring factors. These factors are employed to analyze the switching intentions of individuals toward green entrepreneurship, which is a new persuasive psychological model based on Push–Pull–Mooring model (PPM). The survey questionnaires are collected from a total of 1562 respondents through WeChat in mainland China. The study findings present all variables that significantly affect individuals’ switching intentions toward green entrepreneurs. PI exhibits the most significant impact on intention of individuals toward green entrepreneurship, while the interaction between the mooring factor and MO on switching intentions to green entrepreneurship is relatively weak. Finally, the study contributes theoretical and practical implications for increasing intentions toward green entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs and Environmental Sustainability in the Digital Era: Regional and Institutional Perspectives

Zhou

Anwar

et al. 2020

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“…MNEs' operations in developing regions may also affect how their CSR practices are perceived by stakeholders (Matten and Crane, ; Porter and Kramer, ; Musteen et al ., ), affecting their corporate reputation. Most previous International Business (IB) literature on CSR has focused on developed countries, for example Capar and Kotabe (), Lu and Beamish () and Wiersema and Bowen (), although academia has paid increasing attention to understanding CSR in emerging economies in recent years (Nachum, ; Aguilera‐Caracuel et al ., ; Wu et al, ; Ma et al, ). Still, with some exceptions, analysis of MNE's CSR and reputation is under‐researched in developing countries (Ite, ; Jamali and Karam, ).…”

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How Corporate Social Responsibility Helps MNEs to Improve their Reputation. The Moderating Effects of Geographical Diversification and Operating in Developing Regions

Aguilera‐Caracuel

Guerrero‐Villegas

2017

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Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can enhance their reputations through advanced social initiatives and management practices. These firms often locate facilities in developing countries to benefit from lax environmental and social regulations, and to reduce their operating costs. MNEs can, however, also contribute positively to the development of those countries through corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. This paper argues that MNEs operating in developing regions can enhance their level of corporate reputation through the implementation of CSR initiatives that meet specific stakeholders' expectations of the firm's activities in these areas. In addition, we argue that MNEs with units based in different regions strengthen the impact of corporate social performance on corporate reputation. Based on a sample of 113 US MNEs from the chemical, energy, and industrial machinery industries over the period 2005-2010, our findings show that CSR has a positive effect on corporate reputation. In addition, MNEs' operations in developing regions intensify the positive relationship between corporate social performance and reputation, although geographical diversification does not necessarily enhance MNEs' reputation through corporate social performance.

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“…However, although the productivity efficiency of China's energy, environment, and economy system is rising, the scale effect of technical progress in most regions of China is lower. Additionally, lower management efficiency of pollutants discharge as well as lack of GO investment also hinders this system to be improved (Wang and Feng, 2015;Wu et al, 2015). In this case, IAR cannot always positively moderate the impact of EMs' motivation on their PPRB.…”

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“…With respect to OP, Wang and Feng (2015) described that the current economic mode in China still presents a feature of high energy consumption with high pollutants discharge, but energy use efficiency is presenting an improving trend. Specific to the firm level, Wu et al (2015) pointed out that the whole process of manufacturing production in China highly relies on fossil fuels, which requires a large amount of supportive resources to be invested to control pollutants discharge. Overall, PPRB improves firms' OP (0.31), which presents that GO can provide manufacturers favorable production environment and improve operation efficiency through decreasing implicit environmental protection cost (Walker et al, 2014).…”

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The antecedent and performance of environmental managers’ proactive pollution reduction behavior in Chinese manufacturing firms: Insight from the proactive behavior theory

Liu

Liang

Song

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental Management

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China’s future investments in environmental protection and control of manufacturing industry: lessons from developed countries

Cited by 32 publications

References 17 publications

Entrepreneurs and Environmental Sustainability in the Digital Era: Regional and Institutional Perspectives

Entrepreneurs and Environmental Sustainability in the Digital Era: Regional and Institutional Perspectives

How Corporate Social Responsibility Helps MNEs to Improve their Reputation. The Moderating Effects of Geographical Diversification and Operating in Developing Regions

The antecedent and performance of environmental managers’ proactive pollution reduction behavior in Chinese manufacturing firms: Insight from the proactive behavior theory

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