A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Moving Beyond Profit: Expanding Research to Better Understand Business Environmental Management
An extensive economics literature has examined business environmental management to identify characteristics and external institutional stakeholder pressures that influence management decisions. Frequently, it is assumed that profit pursuit is the goal, and organizations subject to the same pressures respond similarly. Studies have identified a narrow set of influential stakeholders, but have revealed that organizations respond differently to them. Recent research shows that an important moderating influence is the manager’s attitude toward environmental protection, which may explain differing organizational responses, and that managers may perceive the ability to obtain utility beyond increased profit from engaging in strategic environmental management. A comprehensive framework for assessing moderating perceptions is lacking, but recent research combining institutional theory and utility maximization shows increased explanatory power and exposes the relative importance of manager perceptions. This paper synthesizes economics and management literature on institutional determinants of environmental management, utility maximization, and attitudes and behavior to illustrate the usefulness of an integrated approach for both disciplines.
Moving Beyond Profit: Expanding Research to Better Understand Business Environmental Management
An extensive economics literature has examined business environmental management to identify characteristics and external institutional stakeholder pressures that influence management decisions. Frequently, it is assumed that profit pursuit is the goal, and organizations subject to the same pressures respond similarly. Studies have identified a narrow set of influential stakeholders, but have revealed that organizations respond differently to them. Recent research shows that an important moderating influence is the manager’s attitude toward environmental protection, which may explain differing organizational responses, and that managers may perceive the ability to obtain utility beyond increased profit from engaging in strategic environmental management. A comprehensive framework for assessing moderating perceptions is lacking, but recent research combining institutional theory and utility maximization shows increased explanatory power and exposes the relative importance of manager perceptions. This paper synthesizes economics and management literature on institutional determinants of environmental management, utility maximization, and attitudes and behavior to illustrate the usefulness of an integrated approach for both disciplines.
Moving Beyond Profit: Expanding Research to Better Understand Business Environmental Management
Cody Jones (author)
2013
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
Environmental management , voluntary environmental management , environmental attitudes , management environmental attitudes , institutional theory , institutional factors , utility maximization , Environmental effects of industries and plants , TD194-195 , Renewable energy sources , TJ807-830 , Environmental sciences , GE1-350
Metadata by DOAJ is licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0
Moving beyond Cities for People, Not for Profit
| Online Contents | 2012
Moving beyond ‘Cities for People, Not for Profit’
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2012
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1962
Managing for Profit Five steps to better financial management
| British Library Online Contents | 1992
Europe - Citron moving towards profit
Online Contents | 2001