Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Competitiveness: Evaluating the Role of Firm-Level Green Investments in the Context of the Porter Hypothesis

Stoever, Jana; Weche, John P.

doi:10.1007/s10640-017-0128-5

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“…Ghisetti & Rennings (2014) come to the same conclusion by using MIP 2009 data as explanatory variables, but dependent variables from the MIP 2011. Investigating a water withdrawal regulation in Germany, Stoever & Weche (2018) find that the regulation in question does not affect firms' overall profitability, even though it increases investments in integrated (resource efficiency-improving) technologies. Different outcomes between 2 Triguero et al (2013) only distinguish between small and medium-sized firms.…”

Section: The Porter Hypothesis and Size-dependent Differences Regardimentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Originally, the Porter hypothesis was built-up on market-based instruments (Porter & van der Linde 1995, Ambec et al 2013. Stoever & Weche's (2018) and Rexhäuser & Rammer's (2014) study, however, indicate that the type of environmental innovation (i.e. resource efficiency-improving vs. others)…”

Section: The Porter Hypothesis and Size-dependent Differences Regardimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental Innovation and Firm Profitability – An Analysis with Respect to Firm Size

Axenbeck

2019

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This paper investigates the effect of environmental innovations on firm profitability with respect to differences between small and medium-sized (SME) and large (LE) enterprises. Using data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP) 2015, results show that, in general, SME benefit more from environmental innovations than LE. This effect is particularly strong for resource efficiency-improving innovations induced by regulation. These environmental innovations are significantly related to an increase in profits of SME, whilst related to a decrease in profits of LE. A robustness check with data from the MIP 2009, however, does not confirm this result as the effect for LE is insignificant and differences between the two groups cannot be found in this survey wave. A reason why negative effects for LE are observed in the MIP 2015-but not in the MIP 2009-might be that most LE had already exploited the potentials of environmental innovations when they were surveyed in the MIP 2015. This is supported by evidence suggesting that size-related differences in the MIP 2015 are driven by a negative relationship between LE's profits and environmental innovations related to externalities that were reduced by innovations in periods before.

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Section: The Porter Hypothesis and Size-dependent Differences Regardimentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Porter Hypothesis and Size-dependent Differences Regardimentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Innovation and Firm Profitability – An Analysis with Respect to Firm Size

Axenbeck

2019

SSRN Journal

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“…The effect of environmental regulation on corporate innovation activities is closely related to the industry in which the firm is located. Previous studies have shown that the stimulating effect of mandatory environmental regulation on technological innovation in heavily polluting industries is significantly higher than that in lightly polluting industries (Huang & Liu, ; Stoever & Weche, ). Then, is there any industry difference in the impact of VER on technological innovation?…”

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“…Second, the difference in the effects of VER on technological innovation in heavily polluting industries and lightly polluting industries is examined. In fact, existing studies had shown that the stimulating effect of mandatory environmental regulation on technological innovation in heavily polluting industries was significantly higher than that in lightly polluting industries (Huang & Liu, ; Stoever & Weche, ). Therefore, it is of great significance to test whether this difference is also reflected in VER.…”

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Can voluntary environmental regulation promote corporate technological innovation?

2019

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The impact of environmental regulation on technological innovation has been widely discussed in the academic circle. Based on the panel data of 403 Chinese manufacturing firms from 2010 to 2015, this paper explored the role of voluntary environmental regulation in technological innovation. The results showed the following: First, both voluntary environmental information disclosure and environmental management system certification had a positive effect on corporate innovation investment. Second, compared with the impact of environmental information disclosure, the impact of environmental management system certification on corporate innovation investment was more significant. Third, there was a significant positive interaction between environmental information disclosure and environmental management system certification. Finally, the effect of voluntary environmental regulation on corporate technological innovation in heavily polluting industries was stronger than that in lightly polluting industries.

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“…Changes in environmental policies worldwide have affected not only natural living conditions but also economic, social, and political consequences [1][2][3]. In this context, environmental protection, social equity, and well-being have become priorities in ensuring the concept of sustainable development [4][5][6]. In this respect, business process management plays an essential role in generating value for every business process, especially environmental sustainability [7][8][9].…”

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Improving the Performance of Entities in the Mining Industry by Optimizing Green Business Processes and Emission Inventories

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Due to environmental considerations, environmental sustainability has become the main target of contemporary organizations, which has a direct influence on increasing their performance. The purpose of this study was to present the efficiency of green business process optimization for the performances of mining entities. Quantitative research was carried out on a sample of 209 people in an economic entity in the mining industry. The results of the study indicated real possibilities to achieve the objectives set in the research undertaken. Using business process management, the authors examined how green business processes can be optimized in a Romanian mining entity. The main results determined the degree of pollution from suspended and sedimentary dust particles due to coal production from the mining entity that was studied. Moreover, the present research proved that certain key environmental indicators underlie the performance and optimization of green business processes. The practical implications of this study are to respect and continually improve the management of the processes of activities, to reduce the costs of depollution and increase the performances.

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Environmental Regulation and Sustainable Competitiveness: Evaluating the Role of Firm-Level Green Investments in the Context of the Porter Hypothesis

Cited by 83 publications

References 42 publications

Environmental Innovation and Firm Profitability – An Analysis with Respect to Firm Size

Environmental Innovation and Firm Profitability – An Analysis with Respect to Firm Size

Can voluntary environmental regulation promote corporate technological innovation?

Improving the Performance of Entities in the Mining Industry by Optimizing Green Business Processes and Emission Inventories

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