Title :
Environmental performance and managerial involvement in SMEs: some empirical evidence
Author :
Talbot, Stéphane ; Lefebvre, Elisabeth ; Lefebvre, Louis A. ; Bourgault, Mario
Author_Institution :
Math. & Ind. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This research paper investigates how managerial involvement in the formulation and implementation of environmental strategy affects the environmental performance of manufacturing SMEs. The paper analyzes firms´ environmental strategies along two dimensions: operations and products. The results of a survey of 241 firms indicate that, along the operations dimension, SMEs should seek everyone´s participation in the improvement of their operations´ environmental performance. However, along the products dimension, in order to improve the probability of success of their environmental product differentiation strategy, SMEs should favor the involvement of a limited number of technically skilled people, acting as technological champions and gatekeepers
Keywords :
design for environment; manufacture; product development; research and development management; R&D management; environmental performance; environmental product differentiation strategy; environmental strategy; firms; gatekeepers; green product development; managerial involvement; manufacturing SMEs; technological champions; Environmental management; Flexible manufacturing systems; Industrial engineering; Mathematics; Measurement standards; Multidimensional systems; Pollution measurement; Samarium; Standards publication; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Change Management and the New Industrial Revolution, 2001. IEMC '01 Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Albany, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7260-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.2001.960532
