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A Comprehensive Review For Green Product Term: From Definition To Evaluation

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  • Evangelia Sdrolia
  • Grigoris Zarotiadis

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Nowadays, interest in corporate environmental strategies shifts from cleaner processes to the holistic nature of green products. The relevant literature argues that firms have the opportunity to pioneer through green product innovation, allowing them to differentiate and thus gain competitive advantage. Environmental burden of products during their entire life cycle is undeniable. Due to the weakness of the existing literature that inadequately addresses a commonly accepted green product definition, as well as the thereby caused inconclusive academic empirical results on firms' competitiveness, there are many cases of businesses greenwashing behavior. The overall contribution of this exploratory paper, on determining and evaluating the degree of greenness of a product, is twofold; first, starting with a systematic literature review, authors further contribute by proposing an integrative definition that addresses the so far existing terminological gap. Next, after reviewing the existing environmental assessment tools, authors based on the developed definition and in accordance to its dynamic dimension contribute to the existing methodology, as the paper reveals issues that need to be considered in the evaluation of green products.

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  • Evangelia Sdrolia & Grigoris Zarotiadis, 2019. "A Comprehensive Review For Green Product Term: From Definition To Evaluation," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(1), pages 150-178, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecsur:v:33:y:2019:i:1:p:150-178
    DOI: 10.1111/joes.12268
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