书目名称 | Small and Medium Sized Companies in Europe | 副标题 | Environmental Perfor | 编辑 | David M. W. N. Hitchens,Mary Trainor,Bruna Marchi | 视频video | | 概述 | Reports on an investigation of factors that promote and constrain, the adoption of environmenatl initiatives by SMEs.Particular consideration is given to the roles of firm competitiveness, management | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | 1. 1 Aims and Objectives The major aim of this research is to identify and weigh the importance of factors that promote and constrain, the adoption of environmental initiatives by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to inform how policy can overcome obstacles so as to promote the adoption of cleaner technology (includ ing environmentally sensitive products (Oosterhuis et al. 1996)) by industry. Cen tral to the research is the testing of a set of hypotheses, which, inter alia, relate the adoption of cleaner technologies to competitiveness, management culture and the importance of the provision of information. The manufacturing sectors consid ered are those dominated by SMEs where product and process environmental re sponse by the firm is important. Of these sectors, furniture, textile finishing, and fruit and vegetable processing were chosen. More specifically the focus is on European SMEs i. e. those employing less than 250 employees. ‘ Variations within the EU with respect to environmental regulation are exemplified by a study of firms (and plants) across four member states: Germany, North-east Italy, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The adop | 出版日期 | Book 2003 | 关键词 | Case Studies; Germany; Ireland; Italy; SME; Small and Medium Sized Companies; Sustainability; United Kingdo | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09920-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-07275-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-662-09920-9 | copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 |
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