A multicriterion classification approach for assessing the impact of environmental policies on the competitiveness of firms

Hontou, V; Diakoulaki, D; Papagiannakis, L

dc.contributor.author	Hontou, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Diakoulaki, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Papagiannakis, L	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:56:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:56:16Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	15353958	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/28033
dc.subject	Competitiveness	en
dc.subject	Environmental policy	en
dc.subject	Multicriterion analysis	en
dc.title	A multicriterion classification approach for assessing the impact of environmental policies on the competitiveness of firms	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/csr.112	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/csr.112	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	The key objective of the European Union's environmental policy is to successfully combine environmental protection with sustainable economic growth in the long term. Nowadays, it is increasingly recognized that environmental policies, besides increasing production cost, may at the same time give incentives to firms for undertaking innovative actions and/or developing and exploiting differentiation opportunities. Both differentiation capacity and cost increase are strongly dependent on a multiplicity of internal and external factors, such as energy intensity, type of technology used, characteristics of the competitive environment etc. The present paper presents a multicriterion approach for classifying firms into discrete categories of possible impact, according to their sensitivity to cost increases and their differentiation potential. The resulting environment-competitiveness matrix can be exploited for establishing sustainability strategies and designing effective policies in the industrial sector. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.	en
heal.journalName	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/csr.112	en
dc.identifier.volume	14	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	28	en
dc.identifier.epage	41	en