Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature

Monalisa Haque

Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature

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Abstract

Multinational Corporations’ (MNCs’) environmental management effort is becoming increasingly important, and research on MNCs’ environmental management issues has grown over the years. Although existing studies have provided significant contributions to knowledge, the extant research have had limitations in capturing the breadth of factors that affect the adoption of environmental management standards by MNC subsidiaries in a host country context. This chapter provides a review of extant literature on the determinants of MNCs’ environmental management standard adoption thus sheds light on how MNC subsidiaries can adopt such standards in a cross-border context. A detailed analysis of theoretical explanation and empirical findings of existing literature is presented and summarized identifying institutional, market, non-market and firm-level factors. The chapter concludes with an argument that home country institutional environment matters in the adoption of environmental management standard (ISO 14001) by MNC subsidiaries at the host country context.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Non-Market Strategies in International Business
Subtitle of host publication	How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies
Editors	Vikrant Shirodkar, Roger Strange, Steven McGuire
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-35074-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-35073-4
Publication status	Published - 29 Feb 2020

Publication series

Name	The Academy of International Business
Publisher	Palgrave MacMillan
ISSN (Print)	2662-1223

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

environmental strategies
environmental initiatives
Adoption of clean technologies
MNEs
institutional theory
Headquarters-Subsidiary
Emerging countries

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Haque, M. (2020). Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature. In V. Shirodkar, R. Strange, & S. McGuire (Eds.), Non-Market Strategies in International Business: How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies (1 ed.). (The Academy of International Business). Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030350734

Haque, Monalisa. / Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature. Non-Market Strategies in International Business: How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies. editor / Vikrant Shirodkar ; Roger Strange ; Steven McGuire. 1. ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. (The Academy of International Business).

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Haque, M 2020, Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature. in V Shirodkar, R Strange & S McGuire (eds), Non-Market Strategies in International Business: How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies. 1 edn, The Academy of International Business, Palgrave Macmillan. <https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030350734>

Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature. / Haque, Monalisa.
Non-Market Strategies in International Business: How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies. ed. / Vikrant Shirodkar; Roger Strange; Steven McGuire. 1. ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. (The Academy of International Business).

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Haque M. Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature. In Shirodkar V, Strange R, McGuire S, editors, Non-Market Strategies in International Business: How MNEs Capture Value Through Their Political, Social and Environmental Strategies. 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. (The Academy of International Business).

Determinants of environmental standard adoption by Multinational Corporations: a review of extant literature

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