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A Proactive Approach Towards Environmental Legislation

van den Assem, Anouk Felice Maria Helena LU and Ezeiza Gomez, Gorka LU (2020) MGTN59 20201
Department of Business Administration
Abstract (Swedish)
A proactive approach towards law is becoming more common in competitive industries. While literature urges a causal relationship between a proactive approach and business success, it does not mention how future managers should adopt such an approach. In cases of environmental legislative restrictions, which are often disruptive and unpredictable for companies, it is difficult to anticipate and turn them into opportunities. Therefore, this paper presents a step plan for future managers on how to adopt a proactive approach, based on case studies on five Dutch companies dealing with environmental legislation. The findings show that timing, stakeholder management, innovation and self-imposed restrictions play key roles in adopting such an... (More)
A proactive approach towards law is becoming more common in competitive industries. While literature urges a causal relationship between a proactive approach and business success, it does not mention how future managers should adopt such an approach. In cases of environmental legislative restrictions, which are often disruptive and unpredictable for companies, it is difficult to anticipate and turn them into opportunities. Therefore, this paper presents a step plan for future managers on how to adopt a proactive approach, based on case studies on five Dutch companies dealing with environmental legislation. The findings show that timing, stakeholder management, innovation and self-imposed restrictions play key roles in adopting such an approach. Finally, the adoption of a proactive approach is dependent on factors such as the circumstances the company resides in and the type of legislation. (Less)
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author
van den Assem, Anouk Felice Maria Helena LU and Ezeiza Gomez, Gorka LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A Case Study on Dutch Companies Dealing With Environmental Restrictions
course
MGTN59 20201
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Proactive Approach, Stakeholder Management, Innovation, Environmental Legislation, Sustainability
language
English
id
9013444
date added to LUP
2020-06-23 08:38:38
date last changed
2020-06-23 08:38:38
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  abstract     = {{A proactive approach towards law is becoming more common in competitive industries. While literature urges a causal relationship between a proactive approach and business success, it does not mention how future managers should adopt such an approach. In cases of environmental legislative restrictions, which are often disruptive and unpredictable for companies, it is difficult to anticipate and turn them into opportunities. Therefore, this paper presents a step plan for future managers on how to adopt a proactive approach, based on case studies on five Dutch companies dealing with environmental legislation. The findings show that timing, stakeholder management, innovation and self-imposed restrictions play key roles in adopting such an approach. Finally, the adoption of a proactive approach is dependent on factors such as the circumstances the company resides in and the type of legislation.}},
  author       = {{van den Assem, Anouk Felice Maria Helena and Ezeiza Gomez, Gorka}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{A Proactive Approach Towards Environmental Legislation}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}