Evolutionary stages of environmental management in computer companies located in Brazil: case studies

Giovanna Maialle and Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2014, vol. 8, issue 3, 300-315

Abstract: This study aims at identifying which environmental management practices computer companies located in Brazil are adopting, and classifying these companies according to the evolutionary stages of environmental management. For such, the case study research method was used at three companies. Results show that environmental management in the sector is geared towards compliance with laws and eco-efficiency, aimed at cutting costs. It was concluded that classification does not occur in a linear manner with defined borders, and that the multinational companies located in Brazil are greatly influenced by their foreign head offices, which are at more advanced evolutionary stages.

Keywords: electronics industry; environmental management practices; Brazil; evolutionary stages; computer industry; case studies; compliance; eco-efficiency; cost cutting; multinational corporations; MNCs; foreign head offices. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=60829 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:8:y:2014:i:3:p:300-315

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Business Innovation and Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().