Technical Assistance Programs and the Diffusion of Environmental Technologies in the Printing Industry: The Case of SMEs
| Autor: | Monica Becker, Sandra Rothenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Pollution
Manufacturing technology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Control (management) 06 humanities and the arts Environmental economics 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Environmental technology Commerce Pollution prevention 0502 economics and business Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) 060301 applied ethics Business Diffusion (business) 050203 business & management Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Business & Society. 43:366-397 |
| ISSN: | 1552-4205 0007-6503 |
| Popis: | The goal of this article is to better understand the diffusion of environmentally preferable manufacturing technology (as distinct from pollution control technology) in small-and medium-sized firms (SMEs) and the influence of technical assistance programs on the diffusion of these technologies. The authors draw their insights from the printing industry, a sector where small firms predominate. They find that smaller firms lag slightly in the adoption of environmental technologies. With regard to technical assistance, they find that printers identify suppliers and other industry sources as more useful than government in providing information that leads to active exploration of new environmental technologies. In addition, in comparison to larger firms, smaller firms reported to be less familiar with government-sponsored programs and perceived some of the programs to be less useful. They point to several ways in which regulatory agencies are experimenting to make government sponsored programs more effective. |
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