What Makes Companies Green? Organizational and Geographic Factors in the Adoption of Environmental PracticesFootnote

* The research was supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Geography and Regional Science and Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing Program, Award 9528766. Parag Shah and Christopher Bell provided research assistance. Derek Davison assisted in the editing and preparation of this article. We thank the reviewers, editors, and staff of Economic Geography for their comments and assistance.

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