Environmental Regulation and Competitive Advantage : A Study of Packaging Waste in the European Supply Chain

by Hitchens, David M. W. N.; Birnie, Esmond; Thompson, William; Triebswetter, Ursula; Bertossi, Paolo; Messori, Luciano; Hitchens, David M. W. N.

• ISBN13: 9781840642599
• ISBN10: 1840642599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Author Biography

David Hitchens is Professor of Applied Economics at Queen's University, Belfast, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	1	(12)
The relationship between environmental performance and company competitiveness	13	(11)
Environmental regulations relevant to the sample sectors	24	(29)
The supply chain: the European food packaging industries, food processors and food retailing industries	53	(41)
Hypotheses, research method, measurement of variables and sample selection	94	(33)
Solid and liquid waste and other environmental initiatives undertaken by sample firms	127	(18)
Number of initiatives, firm and plant characteristics	145	(16)
Environmental initiatives, their drivers and firm performance	161	(20)
The resource and performance effects of regulation and external pressures on solid waste initiatives	181	(20)
Waste costs	201	(11)
Waste costs, initiatives and firm and plant performance	212	(13)
Environmental regulation, costs and company competitiveness	225	(10)
Conclusions: policy, hypotheses and findings	235	(107)
APPENDICES
A Environmental regulations in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Germany and Italy	251	(61)
B Description of environmental initiatives	312	(11)
C Description and examples of effects	323	(19)
References	342	(13)
Index	355