A firm's capability to innovate is influenced by its organizational structure. We examine the effect of Total Quality Environmental Management (TQEM) on the adoption of innovative pollution prevention activities over the period 1992-1996, and show that the rate of innovation increases following...

Management systems have a strong impact on the level of innovation and on production operations. Understanding this impact sheds light on how firms function. This paper examines the relationship between a firm’s approach to environmental management and the nature of the pollution prevention...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of voluntary pollution prevention activities in reducing toxic releases of facilities that report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) from 1991-2001 using GMM dynamic panel data models that recognize the potential endogeneity of the pollution...