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Environmental management: Implications for business performance, innovation, and financing

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This article models environmental and climate change policies of companies of 40 countries of the European Union, Eastern Europe, Central Asia & Middle East, and North Africa on business characteristics, environmental regulations, adverse environmental events, and financial constraints, among other factors. The impact of such policies on innovation and financing opportunities is also explored.

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  • Fernandez, Viviana, 2022. "Environmental management: Implications for business performance, innovation, and financing," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:182:y:2022:i:c:s0040162522003213
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121797
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