Beyond politics: Do directors with a political background make firms greener?

Carl Kock ()
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Carl Kock: Instituto de Empresa

Working Papers Economia from Instituto de Empresa, Area of Economic Environment

Abstract: This study examines whether former politicians on corporate boards may be helpful for the implementation of green strategies. Following a resource-based view of the firm, we argue that directors with a political background can provide firms with resources and capabilities that are valuable for meeting communication and implementation challenges of creating an effective and substantive environmental management strategy. We also consider the possibility that appointments of politicians to the board are purely symbolic acts intended to enhance the public´s image, without any change in the environmental performance of the firm. We develop testable hypotheses for each of these ideas.

Keywords: Corporate; governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2011-08
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