Business Responses to Climate Change. Identifying Emergent Strategies
- Business School, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Companies face much uncertainty about the competitive effects of the recently adopted Kyoto Protocol on global climate change and the current and future regulations that may emerge from it. Companies have considerable discretion to explore different market strategies to address global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article examines these strategic options by reviewing the market-oriented actions that are currently being taken by 136 large companies that are part of the Global 500. There are six different market strategies that companies use to address climate change and that consist of different combinations of the market components available to managers. Managers can choose between more emphasis on improvements in their business activities through innovation or employ compensatory approaches such as emissions trading. They can either act by themselves or work with other companies, NGOs, or (local) governments.
- OSTI ID:
- 20642657
- Journal Information:
- California Management Review, Vol. 47, Issue 3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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