Corporate Environmentalism in China and Taiwan

1. Front Matter

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2. Background and Research Framework

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   2. Introduction

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   3. The Environment and Multinational Corporations’ Business Practices

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   4. Towards an Analytical Framework

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   5. Research Methodology

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3. Empirical Results and Findings

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   2. Environmental Management in China and Taiwan

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   3. Context — is it Important?

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   4. Strategic Response Patterns

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   5. Globalisation versus Localisation

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   6. Responsive Local Firms?

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4. Conclusions

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   2. Contribution to Knowledge

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   3. Policy Implications

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5. Back Matter

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China and Taiwan are two of the fastest growing economies of the newly industrialized countries. Much of their growth has come from multinational companies; partly, it has often been assumed, because the region provides a 'pollution haven' which the multinationals would not enjoy elsewhere. Corporate Environmentalism in China and Taiwan tests this hypothesis with detailed empirical research. Focusing on the chemical sector, the author compares the policies and behaviour of three multinational corporations with three large, local firms. The research shows that in fact the multinational companies have out-performed local companies in the phenomenon of 'greening'.

• China
• environment
• globalization

• Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

  Terence Tsai

• Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

  Terence Tsai

TERENCE TSAI is Assistant Professor of Management at the Faculty of Business Administration, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Senior Research Associate at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K.

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