This paper sheds light on the important role played by global supply chains in the adaptation to product-related environmental regulations imposed by importing countries, with a focus on chemicals management. By utilizing a unique data collected in Penang, Malaysia, we depict the supply chain structures and how differences among firms in participation to global supply chain link to differences in chemical management. We found that firms belonging to a supply chain are in a better position to comply with these regulations because information and requirements are transmitted through global supply chains. In contrast, those firms that are neither exporters nor a part of a global supply chain lack the knowledge and information channels relevant to chemical management in a product.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
453
発行年
2014-03-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
519
JEL分類
JEL:F18 - Trade and Environment
JEL:O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
地域/国名
マレーシア
キーワード(LSH)
Malaysia
Environmental protection
International trade
Industrial standards
Foreign investments
Global supply chain
FDI
PRERs (product-related environmental regulations)
REACH
RoHS
Impact on Asian firms of product-related environmental regulations through global supply chains : a study of firms in Malaysia
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