Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?

Ten years after the introduction of ISO14001, in this paper we present empirical evidence about the competitive advantages that managers associate to this environmental practice, from a sample of industrial firms located in Spain. The results indicate that the potential competitive advantages are: i...

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Autores: Murillo-Luna, Josefina L., Ramón-Solans Prat, Juan Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:ISO 14001 Standard
Industrial firms
Competitive advantages
Norma ISO 14001
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió de la qualitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
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spelling Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?Murillo-Luna, Josefina L.Ramón-Solans Prat, Juan CarlosISO 14001 StandardIndustrial firmsCompetitive advantagesNorma ISO 14001Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió de la qualitatÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambientalTen years after the introduction of ISO14001, in this paper we present empirical evidence about the competitive advantages that managers associate to this environmental practice, from a sample of industrial firms located in Spain. The results indicate that the potential competitive advantages are: improvement of the internal efficiency, differentiation advantages, attention to the stakeholders’ requirements, enhancement of the competitive position in the sector and financial savings. Nevertheless managers’ expectations of improving internal efficiency might be the real reason that encourages firms to make the voluntary decision of investing in ISO14001 certificationPeer ReviewedSchool of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)20082008-12-0120092009-01-14journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2099/7051reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/70512026-05-27T15:37:01Z
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title Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
spellingShingle Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
Murillo-Luna, Josefina L.
ISO 14001 Standard
Industrial firms
Competitive advantages
Norma ISO 14001
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió de la qualitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
title_short Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
title_full Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
title_fullStr Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
title_full_unstemmed Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
title_sort Which competitive advantages can firms really obtain from ISO14001 certification?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Murillo-Luna, Josefina L.
Ramón-Solans Prat, Juan Carlos
author Murillo-Luna, Josefina L.
author_facet Murillo-Luna, Josefina L.
Ramón-Solans Prat, Juan Carlos
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ISO 14001 Standard
Industrial firms
Competitive advantages
Norma ISO 14001
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió de la qualitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
topic ISO 14001 Standard
Industrial firms
Competitive advantages
Norma ISO 14001
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió de la qualitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Impacte ambiental
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