Implications of market orientation on the environmental transformation of industrial firms
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- 作者：Ó ; scar Gonzá ; lez-Benito ; Javier Gonzá ; lez-Benito
- 关键词：Business environmental transformation ; Environmental management practices ; Market orientation ; Stakeholder environmental pressure
- 刊名：Ecological Economics
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：1 February 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：64
- 期：4
- 页码：752-762
- 全文大小：282 K
文摘
This article examines the role of industrial firms' market orientation as a moderator of the economic–ecologic conflict. Specifically, the authors consider the effect of industrial firms’ market orientation on perceptions of the environmental pressure exerted by stakeholders and the environmental practices implemented in response to that pressure. Because market orientation is related to the collection and assessment of and response to opportunities and threats, market orientation should act as a driver of perceptions of and responses to environmental pressures exerted by stakeholders. An empirical analysis of a sample of Spanish industrial firms shows that market orientation is linked to more intense perceptions of pressure from nongovernmental stakeholders. However, the results are not conclusive with respect to the relationship between market orientation and the intensity of the response to environmental pressures characterized by the implementation of environmental practices.