Environmental management in the Dutch food and beverage industry: A longitudinal study into the joint impact of business network and firm characteristics on the adoption of environmental management capabilities

198 Pages·2007·10.88 MB·English

by  Derk-Jan Haverkamp

Environmental management
in the Dutch
food and beverage
industry
A longitudinal study into the joint impact of
business network and firm characteristics
on the adoption of environmental
management capabilities
Derk-Jan Haverkamp
Innovation and sustainability series – Volume 1
11-09-2007 13:51:56
Environmental management in the Dutch food and
beverage industry

Environmental management
in the Dutch
food and beverage industry
A longitudinal study into the joint impact of
business network and firm characteristics
on the adoption of environmental
management capabilities
Derk-Jan Haverkamp
Innovation and sustainability series – Volume 1
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements 11
1. Introduction 13
2. Overview of previous studies 21
2.1 Approaches towards environmental management 21
2.2 Business network impact 22
2.3 Firm strategy and organizational capabilities 27
2.4 Concluding remarks 31
3. Study domain 33
3.1 Environmental attention, initiatives and standards 33
3.2 Dutch environmental policy 36
3.3 The Dutch food and beverage industry 38
3.4 Concluding remarks 47
4. Theoretical review 49
4.1 Two main perspectives on environmental management 49
4.2 Outside-in perspective on environmental management 50
4.3 Inside-out perspective on environmental management 57
4.4 Concluding remarks 63
5. Study design 65
5.1 Overall research design 65
5.2 Conceptual model 66
5.3 Operationalization 69
5.4 Propositions 77
5.5 Data gathering 81
5.6 Statistical analyses 83
5.7 Concluding remarks 86
6. Interview results 87
6.1 Baseline description of the firms 87
6.2 Business network impact 90
6.3 Environmental capabilities 95
6.4 Concluding remarks 98
Environmental management in the Dutch food and beverage industry 7
7. Survey results 101
7.1 Study samples 101
7.2 Validity and reliability 106
7.3 Analyses of the 2002 survey data 106
7.4 Analysis of the 2005 survey data 120
7.5 Longitudinal analysis 133
7.6 Concluding remarks 140
8. Discussion and conclusions 143
8.1 Environmental management capabilities 143
8.2 Business network impacts 144
8.3 Firm strategy 147
8.4 Enabling environmental capabilities 149
8.5 The way to environmental excellence 150
8.6 Theoretical and methodological contribution 153
8.7 Suggestions for further research 154
8.8 Management and policy implications 154
References 159
Appendices 173
Appendix A. Interview protocol 173
Appendix B. Questionnaire 2002 175
Appendix C. Questionnaire 2005 178
Appendix D. Terms used in the questionnaires 181
Appendix E. Feedback report 182
Appendix F. Factor analyses and Cronbach α 185
Summary 187
About the author 197
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