Tecnologias limpas nas micro e pequenas empresas: evidências empíricas sobre o impacto das regulamentações ambientais

Orlando Roque da Silva; Fernando de Almeida Santos

doi:10.21710/rch.v3i0.33

Authors

Orlando Roque da Silva
Fernando de Almeida Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21710/rch.v3i0.33

Keywords:

clean production, small business, environment laws, environment regulations

Abstract

This article aims to comprehend the forces which regulate the interaction between companiesand environment, mainly the ones obliged by environmental laws. Our main proposition is toRevista CientÃfica Hermes 3: 24-36, 2010learn that environmental regulations can show the gaps in the processes of environmentmanagement, suggest improvements, increase awareness on environment problems, reduceexpenses for companies as well as become an unnecessary cost to the company andconsequently jeopardize the competitiveness or impose barriers to clean technologiesinnovations for the productive process. This paper uses an exploratory study in micro andsmall businesses and the results display that it is not possible yet to confirm thatenvironmental laws can change the productive processes to reduce pollution and that thecompanies which introduced changes according to the regulations had some level of supportfrom universities or research institutions.

Author Biographies

Orlando Roque da Silva

Fernando de Almeida Santos

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