Differences of Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises: Spain and Norway

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that are related to Small and Medium Enterprises' (SMEs') environmental attitude. We focus on Spain and Norway - 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' 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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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Sustainability ; 10 (2018) 6 ; 13

Classification
Management

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2018
Creator
Aguado, Elisabet
Holl, Adelheid

DOI
10.3390/su10061877
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019052715495317581561
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Aguado, Elisabet
  • Holl, Adelheid

Time of origin

  • 2018

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