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Informationen zum Autor Thomas P. Lyon is Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the editor of the forthcoming volume Regulation (2004). His primary research interest is the interplay between corporate strategy and public policy and he has served as a consultant to business and to government in these areas. John W. Maxwell is Associate Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. His primary research focus is the political economy of environmental regulation, and the impact of corporate behaviour on the development and enforcement of environmental regulations. Klappentext Lyon and Maxwell present an accessible theory of corporate environmentalism. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to provide a hard-headed economic view of voluntary approaches to environmental issues. Both corporate and government initiatives are viewed within a political framework where special interest groups have powerful influence. It will appeal to business strategists and policy practitioners! as well as scholars and researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. The Interaction of Strategy and Policy: 1. A framework for analysis; 2. Markets, politics and models; Part II. Corporate Strategy and the Policy Life Cycle: 3. Preempting future regulations; 4. Influencing future regulations; 5. Deflecting enforcement of existing regulations; Part III. Government Voluntary Programs: 6. An institutional analysis of voluntary environmental agreements; 7. Negotiated agreements; 8. Self-regulation, taxation and public voluntary agreements; 9. The design of public voluntary agreements; 10. Conclusions; References; Index.
