Differentiated environmental regulations and corporate environmental responsibility: The moderating role of institutional environment

Han, Shaozhen; Pan, Ying; Mygrant, Mark; Li, Mengdi

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127870

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“…Environmental initiatives and attention from the public and media will stimulate enterprises to increase investment in environmental protection (Wang and Li, 2017), which will help enhance their sense of social responsibility and normalize their environmental behaviors (Han et al, 2021). By voluntarily fulfilling their social responsibilities to meet stakeholders' expectations for environmental protection, enterprises not only closely follow social values and regulations (Han et al, 2021), but also build their brands and images and elevate their performance . Enterprises with enhanced awareness of social responsibility will invest more in R&D with prominent social benefits (Engida et al, 2020).…”

Section: Indirect Influencementioning

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Can local environmental constraints improve enterprise’s green innovation quality? Evidence from Chinese-listed firms

Zhu

Hong-gui

et al. 2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study investigates how local environmental target constraints, a distinctive characteristic of Chinese environmental regulations, drive enterprises to improve their green innovation quality. We empirically examine the mechanism of the impact of the intensity of different types of local environmental target constraints on the quality of corporate green innovation utilizing the data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen in China from 2011-2019 and each city's Government Work Reports. First, the strength of indirect environmental target constraints has a significant positive effect on the quality of green innovation, but further nonlinear characteristics reveal a significant inverse U-shaped relationship between them. However, direct environmental target constraint intensity had significant effects in improving enterprises' green innervation quality. Second, indirect environmental target constraint intensity has an inverted U-shaped trend in increasing the intensity of environmental regulation and influencing the digitalization of enterprises, which in turn forms an inverted U-shaped relationship with the quality of green innovation. Under indirect environmental goal constraint intensity, the increase in R&D expenditure for green innovation quality improvement decreases the expected net income, resulting in insufficient incentive for innovation, which explains the marginal decreasing trend of the positive impact of indirect environmental goal constraints on the quality of green innovation. Third, indirect environmental target constraint intensity works better in areas with policies prioritizing city over province and with mayors less than 57 years old. Therefore, local governments should establish an environmental target constraint system based on indirect environmental target constraints complemented by direct environmental target constraints, and assess and report the performance of indirect environmental targets in the subsequent Government 3 Work Report. Further reforms should streamline administration, decentralize power and improve services, cultivate more young and knowledgeable cadres, encourage communication and exchange between governments and enterprises, and implement market-oriented environmental regulations and measures such as emission trading mechanisms.

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Section: Indirect Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Can local environmental constraints improve enterprise’s green innovation quality? Evidence from Chinese-listed firms

Zhu

Hong-gui

et al. 2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…At the systemic level, the institutional environment moderates local supply chains (Wang et al. , 2016), standards or corporate social responsibility (Han et al. , 2021).…”

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“…For example, research shows that innovation is moderated by the institutional environment (Donbesuur et al, 2020;Tian et al, 2020), which thus influences firm performance and investments. At the systemic level, the institutional environment moderates local supply chains (Wang et al, 2016), standards, or corporate social responsibility (Han et al, 2021). At the individual level, the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs (Kannadhasan et al, 2018)-or, more specifically, the boundaries of trust and risk (Gefen and Pavlou, 2012)-are conditioned by the institutional environment as a moderating factor.…”

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Cultural intelligence, entrepreneurial intentions and the moderating role of the institutional environment

Kromidha

Altınay

Madanoglu

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IJEBR

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PurposeEntrepreneurial intentions have traditionally been linked to an entrepreneur's personal ability to take advantage of opportunities. Yet, entrepreneurs' perceptions of contextual factors, which extend beyond one's control, deserve equal attention. This paper looks at the role played by cultural intelligence and the institutional environment in shaping entrepreneurial intentions.Design/methodology/approachThe role played by cultural intelligence in entrepreneurial intentions and the mediating role played by the institutional environment were studied quantitatively by analyzing 224 young potential entrepreneurs who had participated in a business plan competition. This study used cross-sectional data, developing an original full collinearity assessment approach to check for any common method bias.FindingsThis study reveals a positive relationship between cultural intelligence and entrepreneurial intentions. Likewise, any favorable perceptions of the institutional environment tend to increase the probability of engaging in entrepreneurship and further strengthen the positive effect of cultural intelligence on entrepreneurial intentions.Originality/valueThis study provides a holistic view of the relationship between the entrepreneur and the context in which ventures are created, explaining the role played by cultural intelligence in entrepreneurship based on evidence drawn from a developing country. This contributes to a critical reflection on personal and environmental factors and the antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions.

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“…Therefore, its implementation should be based on local conditions rather than setting the intensity of the system implementation based on population size. For example, for areas with a rapid development of secondary industry, the intensity of implementation should be increased, and the system should be resolutely executed [39][40][41]. (3) Explore new paths for industrial transformation.…”

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Evaluation of the Effects of the Ecological Environmental Damage Compensation System on Air Quality

Zhan

Liu

et al. 2022

Forests

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This study constructs comprehensive panel data based on the China City Statistical Yearbook and environmental indicators disclosed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment from 2013 to 2017, using a difference-in-difference (DID) model to empirically validate the effects of the ecological environmental damage compensation system on urban air quality, followed by a further analysis of the system’s effect mechanism, namely, how the system has generated effects on reducing environmental pollution. This study finds that: (1) the ecological environmental damage compensation system can significantly improve urban air quality, and small cities are more sensitive to the pilot policy; and (2) the main impact is that the pilot policy mechanism improved the urban pollutant treatment capacity and reduced the proportion of the secondary industry. After multiple robustness tests, this conclusion still holds. This study provides empirical evidence for fully implementing an ecological environmental damage compensation system.

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Differentiated environmental regulations and corporate environmental responsibility: The moderating role of institutional environment

Cited by 44 publications

References 70 publications

Can local environmental constraints improve enterprise’s green innovation quality? Evidence from Chinese-listed firms

Can local environmental constraints improve enterprise’s green innovation quality? Evidence from Chinese-listed firms

Cultural intelligence, entrepreneurial intentions and the moderating role of the institutional environment

Evaluation of the Effects of the Ecological Environmental Damage Compensation System on Air Quality

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