Drivers of Environmental Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs and the Implications for CSR

The authors use empirical research into the environmental practices of 31 manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to show that ‚business performance’ and ‚regulation’ considerations drive behaviour. They suggest that this is inevitable, given the market-based decision-making frames t...

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Authors: Williamson, David (Author) ; Lynch-Wood, Gary (Author) ; Ramsay, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2006
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 317-330
Further subjects:B Policy
B CSR
B decision-making frames
B Regulation
B Environment (Art)
B SMEs
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