1. Differences of Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises: Spain and Norway
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Elisabet Aguado, Adelheid Holl, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Holl, Adelheid [0000-0003-4045-9468], and Holl, Adelheid
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Drivers ,sense of responsibility ,Economics ,Mittelbetrieb ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental corporate responsibility ,SMEs ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Renewable energy sources ,Ökologie und Umwelt ,Ökologie ,GE1-350 ,environmental corporate responsibility ,Kleinbetrieb ,Norwegen ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,Ecology ,Nachhaltigkeit ,Norway ,05 social sciences ,Wirtschaft ,Verantwortungsbewusstsein ,drivers ,sustainability ,environmental behavior ,Management ,small business ,language ,Small and medium-sized enterprises ,Management Science ,Resource efficiency ,TJ807-830 ,Legislation ,Norwegian ,Ecology, Environment ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,TD194-195 ,0502 economics and business ,ddc:330 ,ddc:577 ,Spanien ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Estimation ,Eurobarometer ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,medium-sized firm ,Small business ,language.human_language ,Environmental sciences ,Umweltverhalten ,Spain ,Sustainability ,Demographic economics ,Business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that are related to Small and Medium Enterprises&rsquo, (SMEs&rsquo, ) environmental attitude. We focus on Spain and Norway&mdash, two contrasting countries in this regard. Drawing on evidence from the Flash Eurobarometer 381 Survey: SMEs, Resource Efficiency and Green Markets, the results show that there is a significant difference on environmental commitment in favor of Norway. Our estimation results show that firms&rsquo, structural characteristics are strong factors influencing attitudes towards environmental responsibility, but even after controlling for such firm-specific differences, Norwegian firms still show a higher probability for a pro-environmental attitude. Moreover, our estimation results also show that the drivers for firms to go beyond environmental legislation are not the same in the two countries. Norwegian firms are more market-driven than Spanish firms in their pro-environmental attitude.
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- 2018
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