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Promoting clean energy technology entrepreneurship: The role of external context by Malen, Joel, Marcus, Alfred A.

“…This study examines how political, social and economic factors influence clean energy technology entrepreneurship (CETE). Government policies supporting clean…”
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Environmental Externalities and Weak Appropriability: Influences on Firm Pollution Reduction Technology Development by Malen, Joel, Marcus, Alfred A.

“…Technological development plays a critical role in society’s ability to address environmental issues. Building on Teece’s profiting from innovation framework,…”
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Green Management Matters Regardless by Marcus, Alfred A., Fremeth, Adam R.

“…Today, it is undeniable that a new enthusiasm exists for green management, not only among managers but among business school students, though this enthusiasm…”
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On the Edge: Heeding the Warnings of Unusual Events by Marcus, Alfred A, Nichols, Mary L

“…When organizations pay inadequate attention to unusual events, the possibility of breaching a safety barrier increases. With hindsight it often appears that…”
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Sustainability Management Teaching Resources and the Challenge of Balancing Planet, People, and Profits by ARAGON-CORREA, J. ALBERTO, MARCUS, ALFRED A., RIVERA, JORGE E., KENWORTHY, AMY L.

“…Over the past decade, there has been a notable increase in discussions surrounding the integration of global sustainability issues and responsible management…”
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A General Dynamic Capability: Does it Propagate Business and Social Competencies in the Retail Food Industry? by Marcus, Alfred A., Anderson, Marc H.

“…Given that firms have both business and social goals, an important unanswered question is whether a general dynamic capability breeds competencies in both…”
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Rules versus Discretion: The Productivity Consequences of Flexible Regulation by Majumdar, Sumit K., Marcus, Alfred A.

“…Using data from electric utilities, this study shows that spending on well-designed regulations has a positive productivity impact but that spending on less…”
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Introduction to the Special Research forum on the Management of Organizations in the Natural Environment: A Field Emerging from Multiple Paths, with Many Challenges Ahead by Starik, Mark, Marcus, Alfred A.

“…An increasing amount of high-quality research has been conducted in the past decade on the topic of managing organizations in the natural environment. We trace…”
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Commitment to an Emerging Organizational Field: An Enactment Theory by Marcus, Alfred A., Anderson, Marc H.

“…This article builds an enactment theory to explain the continuing commitment of entrepreneurs to an emerging organizational field like energy efficiency and…”
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When does the ISO 9000 quality assurance standard lead to performance improvement? Assimilation and going beyond by Naveh, E., Marcus, A.A.

“…ISO 9000 is a management standard that provides customers with assurance that their registered suppliers have a consistent quality system to which they adhere…”
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Victims and Shareholders: The Dilemmas of Presenting Corporate Policy during a Crisis by Marcus, Alfred A., Goodman, Robert S.

“…Corporate crises--such as accidents, scandals, and product safety incidents--exacerbate stakeholder demands in such a way that conflict can arise between the…”
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The Effects of Mandatory and Voluntary Regulatory Pressures on Firms’ Environmental Strategies: A Review and Recommendations for Future Research by Aragòn-Correa, J. Alberto, Marcus, Alfred A., Vogel, David

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications by McWilliams, Abagail, Siegel, Donald S., Wright, Patrick M.

“…We describe a variety of perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which we use to develop a framework for consideration of the strategic…”
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Policy Uncertainty and Technological Innovation by Marcus, Alfred A.

“…Without certainty about government policies, business decision makers are unable to assess risk and opportunity and make the trade-offs necessary for…”
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Implementing Externally Induced Innovations: A Comparison of Rule-Bound and Autonomous Approaches by Marcus, Alfred A.

“…This research analyzed how nuclear power plants implemented safety review innovations introduced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after the Three Mile…”
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Hybrids—Hype or Hope? by Marcus, Alfred A., Geffen, Donald A.

“…Marcus and Geffen explain what hybrids are and explore the behavioral, market, and governmental underpinnings of the commercialization of this technology. They…”
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Examining barriers to negotiated environmental agreements by Ramus, Catherine A, Marcus, Alfred A

“…We bring together disparate negotiation theory research in order to identify a composite set of potential barriers to reaching agreement in environmental…”
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From the Guest Editors: In Search of Sustainability in Management Education by Starik, Mark, Rands, Gordon, Marcus, Alfred A., Clark, Timothy S.

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Making Incentive Systems Work: Incentive Regulation in the Nuclear Power Industry by Verma, Kiran, Mitnick, Barry M., Marcus, Alfred A.

“…Efforts to reform traditional command-and-control regulation have led to use of a variety of incentive programs. State public utilities have regulated…”
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Responses to externally induced innovation: Their effects on organizational performance by Marcus, Alfred A.

“…Innovation may be externally induced; that is, an external threat or challenge such as the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant sets the…”
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