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Local Responsiveness Pressure, Subsidiary Resources, Green Management Adoption and Subsidiary’s Performance: Evidence from Taiwanese Manufactures

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This study aims to explore if local responsiveness pressure and subsidiary resources influence green management adoption of overseas subsidiaries, and to investigate the relationships between the level of green management adoption and performance. The 101 effective samples were collected from 583 Taiwanese firms, which are listed in the top 1000 manufactory firms and have invested in China. Through structural equation model (SEM) analysis’ empirical results indicate that local responsiveness pressure and subsidiary resources both have positive effects on the level of green management adoption of the subsidiary. This study also suggests that the level of green management adoption is positively related to the subsidiary’s performance.

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Peng, Yu-Shu is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Business in the School of Management, National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan, R.O.C. He has published in the areas of the international business, strategic management, and business ethics. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, R.O.C.

Lin, Shing-Shiuan is a graduate student in the Department of International Business in the School of Management, National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan, R.O.C. Her research topics focus on environmental management.

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Peng, YS., Lin, SS. Local Responsiveness Pressure, Subsidiary Resources, Green Management Adoption and Subsidiary’s Performance: Evidence from Taiwanese Manufactures. J Bus Ethics 79, 199–212 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9382-8

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