Third-Party Information Providers and Innovative Environmental Technology Adoption
This article explores the role of third-party information providers in assisting regulated facilities with environmental compliance technology choices. A key contribution is the finding that regulated facilities that rely more heavily on environmental consultants than in-house information sources choose conventional compliance options more frequently than facilities relying primarily on in-house information. Consultants also perceive environmental regulatory barriers to technology change as being significantly higher than regulated facilities do. Whereas consultants are primarily concerned with environmental regulatory barriers to technology adoption, facilities are primarily concerned with financial barriers. The findings suggest that the biases of consultants and their importance in shaping technology choice decisions should be considered in designing policies to promote environmental technology adoption. © 2000, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
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Published In
DOI
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Volume
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Related Subject Headings
- General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 5202 Biological psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology