Environmental management and strategy in the face of regulatory intensity: radioactive contamination in the US steel industry
研究了政府监管强度如何影响企业合作行为，基于美国放射性废钢行业的调查数据，发现企业只有在政府强制下才会采取合作策略，挑战了‘绿色经营有利可图’的观点。
Abstract Recent business literature argues that several incentives drive firms to cooperate with government environmental regulators and regulation without pressure from the government. This study explores and tests such arguments using a metric called regulatory intensity . The study uses survey data from the radioactive scrap metal industry. The findings challenge the recent literature that ‘going green pays’. The study found that strong government actions (regulatory intensity) are related to firm cooperation. Firms seem to adopt cooperative strategies when coerced to do so by the government. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.