Business and Public Policy: Responses to Environmental and Social Protection Processes (Business, Value Creation, and Society)

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Publication acknowledgments......Page 18
Main book ideas and propositions......Page 19
Empirical studies......Page 23
Notes......Page 26
2 Business responses to the protective policy process in the US......Page 27
Neo-institutional theory and public policies......Page 28
Classification of business responses to policy  process demands......Page 30
Measuring resistance......Page 36
The protective public policy process in the US......Page 37
Protective policy process–business response in the US: an inverted U relationship......Page 38
Initiation stage......Page 40
Formulation-selection stage......Page 43
Implementation stage......Page 49
Notes......Page 57
3  Country context and the protective policy process–business response relationship......Page 62
Political context......Page 66
Level of democratization......Page 67
Freedom of the press and speech......Page 70
Freedom of association......Page 71
Freedom of political participation and the right to vote......Page 73
Policy network style: pluralistic versus corporatist systems......Page 75
Regulatory approach: command-and-control  versus incentive-based......Page 80
Economic context......Page 82
Notes......Page 85
4 Firm-level characteristics and business responses to environmental/social protection demands......Page 87
Financial performance......Page 89
Firm size......Page 91
Micro-businesses and the protective policy process......Page 92
Industry type......Page 93
Multinational corporation subsidiaries......Page 94
Stock market participation......Page 95
Export orientation to advanced industrialized countries......Page 96
Industry association membership......Page 97
Formal education level......Page 99
Academic major......Page 100
Limitations to the influence of firm characteristics......Page 101
Notes......Page 102
5 Is greener whiter? Resistance strategies by the US ski industry......Page 104
The US ski industry and the Sustainable Slopes Program......Page 105
Theory and hypotheses......Page 109
Methodology......Page 113
Results......Page 117
Discussion......Page 121
Conclusions......Page 124
Notes......Page 127
6 Is greener whiter yet? Resistance or beyond-compliance by the US ski industry......Page 129
Motivations for participation in VEPs......Page 131
Effectiveness of VEPs......Page 132
The context of western skiing: principal actors and programs......Page 135
The ski industry and the USFS......Page 136
The Sustainable Slopes Program: 2000–5 implementation......Page 137
Statistical analysis......Page 140
Data and measures......Page 142
Adoption of the SSP......Page 146
Environmental effectiveness of the SSP......Page 151
Conclusions......Page 157
Notes......Page 159
7 Institutional pressures and proactive environmental protection: evidence from the Costa Rican hotel industry......Page 162
The Certification for Sustainable Tourism......Page 163
Tourism and the evolution of the Costa Rican hotel industry......Page 164
Theory and hypotheses......Page 166
Data analysis......Page 168
Variable measures......Page 169
Participation in the CST program......Page 171
Beyond-compliance environmental performance......Page 177
Conclusions......Page 179
Limitations and future research......Page 181
Notes......Page 182
8 Chief executive officers and proactive environmental protection: evidence from the Costa Rican hotel industry......Page 184
Data analysis......Page 185
Variable measurements......Page 186
Findings......Page 188
CST participation and CEO education and expertise......Page 190
CST participation and CEO nationality......Page 192
Beyond-compliance environmental performance and CEO nationality......Page 194
Discussion......Page 195
Conclusions......Page 198
Notes......Page 201
9 Certified beyond-compliance and competitive advantage in  developing countries......Page 203
Voluntary environmental programs and.. economic benefits to firms......Page 204
Resource-based theory of the firm......Page 205
Resource-based theory and voluntary environmental programs......Page 206
Statistical analysis techniques......Page 207
Application of the two-stage methodology to assess price/sales benefits of the CST program......Page 208
Independent variable measures......Page 209
Results......Page 211
Price premium benefits......Page 215
Sales benefits......Page 217
Research limitations and implications for future research......Page 218
Conclusions......Page 219
CST program and differentiation advantage benefits......Page 220
Notes......Page 222
10 Conclusion......Page 223
Protective policy process–business response relationship in the US......Page 224
Moderating effect of country context......Page 226
Evidence from empirical research: the Costa Rican hotel industry and the US ski industry......Page 229
Future research agenda......Page 231
Notes......Page 232
References......Page 233
Index......Page 261