Chapter 17b - International Strategies of CER

Question 1

Idea of Porter and van der Linde

Answer 1

Argue that government imposted environmental regulations can enhance competitiveness by pushing companies to come up with innovative ways to use resources more productively and potentially develop green FSAs

Question 2

Environmental regulations can trigger two types of innovation

Answer 2

Innovation involving technologies that reduce the costs of dealing with pollution

Innovation addressing the root cause of pollution by improving resource productivity

Question 3

5 major features that make good for environmental regulations

Answer 3

Create maximum opportunity

Stringent rather than modest

Allow for a phasing in period

Encourage resource productivity approach

Countries should ideally develop regulations for other countries

Question 4

Kolk and Pinske suggest

Answer 4

That flexible public policies in the climate change sphere are more prevalent now

Question 5

Two strategic goals that firms should follow according to Kolk and Pinske

Answer 5

Innovation

Compensation

Question 6

Kolk and Pinske say that firms fall under these six broad types

Answer 6

Cautious planner

Emergent planners

Internal explorers

Vertical explorers

Horizontal explorers

Emission traders