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LEAN AND GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEAN PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Abstract
Lean production may have a significant public good spillover—improved environmental performance. However, empirical evidence of the link between lean production practices and environmental performance has not resolved the nature of the relationship. To explore this issue, we conduct an empirical analysis of the environmental performance of 17,499 U.S. manufacturing establishments during the time period 1991–1996. We find that those establishments that adopt the quality management standard ISO 9000 are more likely to adopt the environmental management standard ISO 14000. We also find strong evidence that lean production, as measured by ISO 9000 adoption and low chemical inventories, is complementary to waste reduction and pollution reduction.
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- KING, A. A., & LENOX, M. J.
- Venue
- Production and Operations Management
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2001-09
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 244-256
- ISSN
- 1059-1478 (ISSN-L)
- 1937-5956
- OpenAlex
- W2036417937
- Cited by
- 990
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 28.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
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- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 2683 d)
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