Corporate Governance and the Environment: What Type of Governance Creates Greener Companies?

We build on a stakeholder–agency theoretical perspective to explore the impact of particular corporate governance mechanisms on firm environmental performance. Our empirical evidence shows that several important corporate governance mechanisms such as the board of directors, managerial incentives, t...

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Autores: Kock, Carl, Santaló, Juan, Diestre, Luis
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:IE
Repositório:Repositorio IE
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/4189
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00993.x
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4189
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00993.x
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas
ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura
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Resumo:We build on a stakeholder–agency theoretical perspective to explore the impact of particular corporate governance mechanisms on firm environmental performance. Our empirical evidence shows that several important corporate governance mechanisms such as the board of directors, managerial incentives, the market for corporate control, and the legal and regulatory system determine firms' environmental performance levels. These results suggest that these different governance mechanisms resolve, to some extent, the existing divergence of interests between stakeholders and managers with respect to environmental activities.