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The aim of this paper is to analyze the determinants of the strategic environmental behavior of firms and, more specifically, the external and internal barriers that limit and sometimes even prevent the environmental adaptation. The analysis focuses on a sample of industrial firms that have at least three workers and that are located in Aragón, a region situated in the northeast of Spain. In order to achieve this objective, first the theoretical literature on the topic is reviewed. Subsequently, from the firms which were sampled, the existence of an underlying structure among the totality of barriers is studied. Finally, this structure is analyzed in order to determine if it has any influence on the degree of proactivity of the firm’s environmental strategy.
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The production of firms in Aragon currently represents 3.1 percent of the Gross Domestic Product.
The names of the strategies were omitted in the table in order not to condition the selection.
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This paper is part of the results obtained under the framework of the research project, SEJ2005-07341, financed by MCYT-FEDER, and thanks to the sponsorship of FUNDEAR (Fundación de Economía Aragonesa).
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Murillo-Luna, J.L., Garcés-Ayerbe, C. & Rivera-Torres, P. What Prevents Firms from Advancing in their Environmental Strategy?. Int Adv Econ Res 13, 35–46 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-006-9059-6
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