Investigation of the imprinting effect of home country institution on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard by MNC subsidiaries

Monalisa Haque

Investigation of the imprinting effect of home country institution on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard by MNC subsidiaries

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The paper argues that home country institution matters in the adoption of ISO 14001 standard by MNC subsidiaries. Using ‘Organisational Imprinting’ theory the study tests the hypotheses and carries out a cross-sectional analysis using secondary data sources: ORBIS database, the directory of ISO 14001 certified companies published by the Government of Hong Kong , the World Bank’s World-Wide Governance Indicators (Kaufmann et al., 2009) and the GLOBE database (House et al., 2004).The empirical findings support the hypothesis on the positive relationship between imprinting effects of home country institution and ISO 14001 adoption by subsidiaries. Further, findings also suggest that the imprinting effect is more in the case of firms operating in high polluting industries. In addition, the findings confirm that firms originating in countries with high level of GHG emissions reflect greater level of imprinting effect.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	British Academy of Management 2018 Conference Proceedings
Publisher	British Academy of Management
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9956413-1-0
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2018
Event	32nd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management - Bristol, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018 https://www.bam.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info

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Conference	32nd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management
Abbreviated title	BAM 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bristol
Period	4/09/18 → 6/09/18
Internet address	https://www.bam.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info

Keywords

environmental initiatives
Environmental management systems
institutional theory
imprinting effect
MNCs
subsidiaries

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Haque, M 2018, Investigation of the imprinting effect of home country institution on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard by MNC subsidiaries. in British Academy of Management 2018 Conference Proceedings. British Academy of Management, 32nd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Bristol, United Kingdom, 4/09/18. <https://conference.bam.ac.uk/BAM2018/htdocs/index.php>

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Investigation of the imprinting effect of home country institution on the adoption of ISO 14001 standard by MNC subsidiaries

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