Why do manufacturing facilities introduce environmental management systems? Improving and/or signaling performance
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Environmental management system ISO14001 Signaling Asymmetric information Corporate social responsibility Environmental policy D82 (asymmetric and private information) L15 (information and product quality) Q50 (environmental economics) M14 (social responsibility);JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
- Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
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