Toshi Arimura Presentation - The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness? June 2010
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The document discusses three key points about environmental management and innovation in Japan. First, environmental management systems like ISO 14001 can help companies identify resource inefficiencies and opportunities for environmental technological innovation. Second, green supply chain management practices imposed on suppliers can lead to unaccounted spillover effects in the form of environmental improvements and innovations. Third, while larger firms engage in environmental research and development, smaller firms generally do not.
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Toshi Arimura Presentation - The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness? June 2010
- 1. Environmental Management Aspects & Environmental R&D ： Japanese Perspectives The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Session 1. H ow Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation & Competitiveness? Toshi H. Arimura Center for the Environmental & Trade Research, Dept of Economics Sophia University
- 3. Environmental Policy Environmental Management Tools Environmental R&D Investment Flexible Instruments Another Path for Porter Hypothesis: EMS (Arimura, Hibiki and Johnstone,2007)
- 4. Point 2: Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) : Spillover Effects? Suppliers asked to be green: (GSCM) Environmental Policy (Voluntary) Environmental Management Unaccounted “ Spillover” Effects Environmental Improvements & Innovations Environmental Improvements & Innovations? (Arimura, Darnall & Katayama, 2009)