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globalizing corporate environmentalism

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismins, r.rn.perkins@lse.ac.ukAddress: Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London

WC2A 2AE, UKFax: +44 (0)20 7955 7412Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7605Richard Perkins is Lecturer in Environmental Geography in the Department of Geography and globalizing corporate environmentalism

Environment, London School of Economics. His research interests centre on advancing understanding of the links between globalization and environmenta

globalizing corporate environmentalism

l change, innovation diffusion, and environmental leapfrogging.2Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian indust

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismers in greening their activities? Previous work has largely approached these questions within a static and reductionist framework. That is, they have

sought to explain corporate greening in terms of the presence of various cirivers, and unevenness with reference to one of a number of constraints fac globalizing corporate environmentalism

ed by films. In the present paper, we expand upon these proximate explanations of corporate greening, situating them within a broader theoretical fram

globalizing corporate environmentalism

ework of convergence, firm specificity and heterogeneity. To this end, we focus on the experience of firms in three sectors - automobiles, steel and p

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalisminternational political engagement, market integration and transnational social communication. Heightened global exposure, engagement and interdepende

nce has unleashed various economic and sociological convergence dynamics which, directly and indirectly, have led films in India to adopt more environ globalizing corporate environmentalism

mentally sound technologies, organizational practices and performances increasingly similar to those found in many developed countries. Yet firms’ con

globalizing corporate environmentalism

nectedness to external pressures fostering “upwards” convergence varies, as does lheir internal resources and capabilities to respond to them. ĨI is o

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalisms of corporate environmentalism observed in India.3IntroductionWhile much of the early work on corporate environmentalism focused on developed economi

es, a growing number of studies have begun to investigate the role played by firms as agents of environmental sustainability in developing ones. This globalizing corporate environmentalism

work has revealed an emergent, albeit mixed, picture of corporate greening (Dasgupta 2000; Jenkins 2000; Ruud 2002; Utting 2002; Child, and Tsai 2005)

globalizing corporate environmentalism

. Hence, over the past two decades, certain firms have made considerable investments in more environmentally sound technologies, operating practices a

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismronmentalism in developing countries? And why have certain firms gone further than others in greening their activities? Previous work has largely appr

oached these questions within a static and reductionist framework. That is, they have sought to explain corporate greening in terms of the presence of globalizing corporate environmentalism

various proximate drivers, and unevenness with reference to one of a number of constraints faced by firms. Amongst the former, studies have pointed t

globalizing corporate environmentalism

o the role of regulatory pressure from governments and civil society, together with market incentives in terms of improved cost competitiveness and ac

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismological and financial in nature, with firms’ capabilities limiting their ability to improve environmental performance (Dasgupta 2000; Sawhney 2004).N

o doubt, these studies have proved instructive. Yet we find their explanation of trends and patterns of corporate greening in developing countries und globalizing corporate environmentalism

erspecified. Two issues, in particular, have been inadequately addressed. First, previous studies have had surprising little to say about the origins

globalizing corporate environmentalism

of corporate environmentalism in developing countries, or why it is emetging at much lower levels of income than developed economies. Indeed, beyond r

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalisms through which corporate greening has arisen. Second, past research has paid insufficient attention to the role of external pressures, and their rela

tionship to internal constraints, in4explaining uneven patterns of corporate environmentalism (e.g., see Dasgupta 2000). In doing so, it has ignored a globalizing corporate environmentalism

body of literature elsewhere suggesting that corporate behavior is often shaped by both internal and external opportunities, incentives and constrain

globalizing corporate environmentalism

ts (Oliver 1997; Hoffman 2001).The present paper seeks to address these gaps. To this end, we build on and expand traditional explanations of corporat

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismly, we locate the growth of corporate environmentalism in terms of developing countries’ growing enmeshment in political, economic and social processe

s at the international level, which have exposed domestic actors to a range of economic and sociological pressures fostering cross-national convergenc globalizing corporate environmentalism

e in environmentally sound technologies, operating practices and performances. However, firms' connectedness to these institutional pressures varies,

globalizing corporate environmentalism

as does their resources and capabilities. And it is heterogeneity in these variables, and coiporate strategies which link internal resources and exter

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalisme ideas, we examine evolving patterns of corporate environmentalism amongst firms in India, notably in the automobile, steel and power sectors. Over t

he past two decades or so, firms in these sectors have invested in more environmentally sound technologies and organizational practices, leading to im globalizing corporate environmentalism

provements in environmental performance. Yet, as witnessed in many other developing countries, the degree of greening has varied amongst firms, both w

globalizing corporate environmentalism

ithin and between the sectors. Explaining these investments in corporate greening and their unevenness forms the central objective of this paper.The c

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismecifically, we conceptualize recent trends as the outcome of wider convergence dynamics, whereby environmental regulations, technologies and performan

ces in developing countries are shaped by trends in developed economies. Second, we contribute to understanding of the direct and indirect pathways th globalizing corporate environmentalism

rough which international exposure, engagement and integration stimulate firms to become agents of environmental sustainability. Although5previous wor

globalizing corporate environmentalism

k has acknowledged a role for non-domestic influences on firms’ environmental behavior, they have largely focused on a narrow subset of market-based d

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismhird, our paper contributes to understanding of the uneven dynamics of corporate greening in developing countries. Going beyond a simple re-statement

of the idea that firm andor sectoral characteristics matter, we seek to clarify how they matter in shaping differences in the degree of corporate gree globalizing corporate environmentalism

ning.The rest of the paper proceeds in five sections. First, we begin by exploring the theoretical background to our study, focusing on possible under

globalizing corporate environmentalism

lying explanations for observed patterns of corporate environmentalism in developing countries. Second, we outline our research design and methodology

Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry*PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S PERMISSION.1Richard Perki

globalizing corporate environmentalismbile, steel and power sectors. Fourth, we attempt to explain recent dynamics of corporate environmentalism, identifying the proximate drivers of green

ing, before going onto examine the role played by various underlying non-domestic influences. We then explore the reasons for the uneven pattern of co globalizing corporate environmentalism

rporate greening. Finally, we conclude in section five, and discuss the wider implications of our findings.Theorizing the Dynamics of Corporate Enviro

globalizing corporate environmentalism

nmentalismIncome-based explanations and (heir shortcomingsWhat might account for recent improvements in corporate environmental performance in develop

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