The voluntary environmentalists
Subtitle: green clubs, ISO 14001, and voluntary environmental regulations
By: Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski.
Contributors: Potoski, Matthew, 1969-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press ; New York : Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Industrial management -- Environmental aspects.; Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects.; Environmental management -- Economic aspects.; Social responsibility of business.; Environmental policy.; Green movement.; ISO 14001 Standard.; Environmental law.; Voluntarism.
Description: Drawing on the economic theory of club goods, this text offers a theoretical account of voluntary environmental programmes by identifying the institutional features that influence conditions under which programmes can be effective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Green clubs ; an institutionalist perspective; title: ISO 14001 and voluntary programs; title: Adopting ISO 14001; title: ISO 14001 and firms ; environmental and regulatory; title: Performance; title: Conclusions and policy implications; title: References.