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The Spanish Review of the Third Sector

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THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL DISTANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE STANDARIZATION IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

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Javier Aguilera Caracuel . Universidad de Granada

Juan Alberto Aragón Correa . Universidad de Granada

Nuria Esther Hurtado Torres . Universidad de Granada

Summary

In this paper we analyze the effect that the environmental institutional distance between countries has on the degree of environmental standardization within multinational companies. Using a sample of 135 multinational companies with headquarters and subsidiaries based in USA, Canada, Mexico, France and Spain, we find that a high and global environmental institutional distance between headquarters and subsidiaries’ countries has a negative influence on the environmental standardization within these companies. Nevertheless, certain national environmental dimensions have the opposite effect, as a consequence of a reinforcement of these companies’ internal institutional profile.

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Nuria Esther Hurtado Torres

Universidad de Granada


keywords

Multinational companies , Environmental management , Adaptation , Standardization , Environmental institutional distance
Review of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edited by Luis Vives Foundation. ISSN: 1989-6417

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