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dc.contributor.authorRowe, Anna
dc.contributor.authorGuthrie, J.
dc.contributor.editorProfessor James Guthrie
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:51:19Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:51:19Z
dc.date.created2010-01-14T20:01:56Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationRowe, Anna and Guthrie, James. 2009. Chinese government's formal institutional influence on corporate environmental management, in Guthrie,J. (ed), 1st International SMOG Conference 2009, Jul 1 2009. University of Bologna, Forli Campus, Italy: SMOG.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26025
dc.description.abstract

Due to the gravity of its environmental problems where 16 of the 20 most polluted cities on earth reside in China, the national development strategy for environmental protection has become more focused since the Sixth National conference on Environmental Protection in 2006. The government has set the strategic goal of striving for a harmonious "Xiaokang" Society by the year 2020. The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is keen to encourage the busines ssector to engage in environmental initiatives.This paper is part of a larger empirical study grounded on senior managers' perceptions of corporate environmental management (CEM) in the People's Republicof China (PRC). To explore the emerging phenomenon of CEM in Shanghai, anappropriate research methodology is used. "Coercive Government Institutional Involvements" emerged as one of the major influencing factors in corporate environmental initiatives. The State regulatory regime has been perceived by Chinese managers to be the most influential, most complex, and least predictable on organisational environmental performance.The study is limited to an investigation of CEM in Shanghai but the implications of this exploratory research is that environmental management systems that work in developed nations should not be directly transplanted to developing nations without considering institutional contexts. Business enterprises operating in the PRC needs to be vigilant and aware that notwithstanding, its dynamic economic boom and modernisation, the state has tremendous influence.

dc.publisherSMOG
dc.subjectCorporate Environmental Management
dc.subjectand Institutional Theory
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectState Development - Strategy
dc.titleChinese government's formal institutional influence on corporate environmental management
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titlehttp://smog.econ.usyd.edu.au/conference
dcterms.source.serieshttp://smog.econ.usyd.edu.au/conference
dcterms.source.conference1st International SMOG Conference 2009.
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJul 1 2009
dcterms.source.conferencelocationUniversity of Bologna, Forli Campus, italy
dcterms.source.placeUniversity of Bologna, Forli Campus, Italy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyCurtin Business School
curtin.facultyGraduate School of Business


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