International certification in developing countries: The role of internal and external institutional pressure

Fikru, Mahelet G.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.030

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“…For example, Neumayer and Perkins (2004) found that the number of ISO 14001 certificate is positively correlated with the income of the country, foreign direct investments, and exportation. In the same vein, Fikru (2014) showed that businesses that export, have some foreign ownership and are internationally connected have a higher probability of certifying.…”

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The level of socioeconomic development of EU countries and the state of ISO 14001 certification

Fura

2015

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This study examines the relationship between the level of socioeconomic development of the EU 28 countries and the adoption of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 environmental management system. First, through a multivariate comparative analysis of the secondary data obtained from the public statistics, a Hellwig’s synthetic indicator is created to rank the level of socioeconomic development of the EU 28 countries. Then, using the total number of certificates issued in 2012 and the increase from 2011, this study has found a correlation between the level of national socioeconomic development and the adoption of ISO 14001 system in their businesses. Although there was no relationship between the number of ISO 14001 certificates in 2012 and the level of socioeconomic development at the national level, a weak negative correlation was observed between the increase of certification from 2011 to 2012 and the level of national socioeconomic development. The results suggest a higher interest in ISO 14001 adoption by the firms from the less developed countries than those from the more developed states.

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The level of socioeconomic development of EU countries and the state of ISO 14001 certification

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2015

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“…Nevertheless, there have been few efforts to systematically examine how various external and internal factors interact with each other to shape corporate coping strategies and subsequent environmental practices. This is especially the case for research in developing countries, in which internal capacity of enterprises is often limited, and demands from state and non-state stakeholders differ in form and intensity from those in Western countries (Fikru, 2014).…”

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Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental coping strategies in China

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Tang

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Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Environmental regulation in developing countries generally is inadequate due to lack of funds, trained personnel, public infrastructure and, in some cases, political will. Even in countries where policies are in place, compliance is low due to lack of enforcement (Fikru, 2014). Moreover, regulatory agencies in developing economies are subject to strong influence by industry lobbies, and corruption is more widespread in developing economies than in developed countries.…”

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A Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Environmental Disclosures in a Legitimacy Theory Context

Behram¹

2015

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The purpose of this study is to extend organizational legitimacy arguments by analyzing the extent and content of environmental disclosures across sectors according to their environmental impact. For this purpose, the industrial sectors were sorted into three groups as high impact sectors, medium impact sectors and low impact sectors. In the legitimacy theory context, business in high impact industry sectors would be expected to give more attention and importance to environmental disclosures than business in medium and low impact industry sectors. In this context four testable dimensions of environmental disclosure were systematically analyzed and compared in this study: presence of environmental disclosure; presentation of environmental disclosure; location of environmental disclosure; environmental disclosure items. The sample of this study consisted of 223 companies quoted on Istanbul Stock Exchange. In order to carry out a cross-sectoral analysis of environmental disclosures, data were collected from annual reports and analyzed using content analysis. The results of this study fail to confirm legitimacy theory as an explicator of environmental disclosure in the Turkey case. The sample companies operating in medium impact sectors have a higher tendency to disclose environmental information and to provide a stand-alone environmental report and separate environmental section in their annual reports than companies in high and low impact sectors in Turkey.

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International certification in developing countries: The role of internal and external institutional pressure

Cited by 67 publications

References 36 publications

The level of socioeconomic development of EU countries and the state of ISO 14001 certification

The level of socioeconomic development of EU countries and the state of ISO 14001 certification

Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental coping strategies in China

A Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Environmental Disclosures in a Legitimacy Theory Context

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