A Proactive Approach Towards Environmental Legislation
(2020) MGTN59 20201Department 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
- 2020
- 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
@misc{9013444, 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}}, }