Economic Freedom, Internal Motivation, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility of SMEs
基于12个欧洲国家4338家中小企业的调查数据，研究发现经济自由对企业环境绩效的影响取决于企业的内部动机，区分内在（环境）和外在（利润）动机后，两者存在交互效应。
The effect of economic freedom on firms’ environmental responsible management is still unconcluded. We conjecture that the effects are conditional on a firm’s internal motivation and use a large-scale survey to run an empirical test. The sample consists of 4338 small and medium-sized enterprises from twelve European countries. Distinguishing between intrinsic (environmental) and extrinsic (profit) internal motivations, we find clear support that the effects of economic freedom and intrinsic motivation on corporate environmental performance interact with each other. Our findings explain the ambiguous results of previous empirical studies at the aggregate level.