Business and Public Policy - Responses to Environmental and Social Protection Processes

Klappentext A theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between protective public policies and business compliance, first published in 2010. Zusammenfassung It is increasingly common for businesses to face public policies and government regulation that demand some form of environmental or social protection. In this 2010 book! Jorge Rivera presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between protective public policies and business compliance. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Publication acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Business responses to the protective policy process in the US; 3. Country context and the protective policy process-business response relationship; 4. Firm level characteristics and business responses to environmental/social protection demands; 5. Is greener whiter? Resistance strategies by the US ski industry; 6. Is greener whiter yet? Resistance or beyond compliance by the US ski industry?; 7. Institutional pressures and proactive environmental protection: evidence from the Costa Rican hotel industry; 8. Chief executive officers and proactive environmental protection: evidence from the Costa Rican hotel industry; 9. Certified beyond compliance and competitive advantage in developing countries; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jorge E. Rivera, Jorge E. (Associate Professor Rivera, RIVERA JORGE E, Rivera Jorge E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107406285
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40628-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Business, Value Creation, and; Business, Value Creation, and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Business & management, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business ethics and social responsibility, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business