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National culture, regulation and country interaction effects on the association of environmental management systems with environmentally beneficial innovation

Marcus Wagner · 2009 · Business Strategy and the Environment

Summary. Environmental management systems boost process innovations in firms, but this effect varies significantly by country. The study of nine European nations reveals that national culture and regulatory frameworks moderate whether firms implementing these systems actually develop environmental innovations. Management systems show no consistent link to product innovations across countries.

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Wagner, M.. (2009). National culture, regulation and country interaction effects on the association of environmental management systems with environmentally beneficial innovation. Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.641

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DOI
10.1002/bse.641
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain
Regions
Europe
Categories
climate-and-environment, regional-innovation-systems, policy, general-innovation
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2026-04-28