Is business performance related to the registration of quality and environmental-related standards?

Gilles Grolleau (1, 2) , Naoufel Mzoughi (3) , Sanja Pekovic (4)

1 LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
2 Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
3 ECODEVELOPPEMENT - Unité de recherche d'Écodéveloppement
4 DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management

We investigate the relationship between French firms’ business performance and registration of quality (QS) and environmental-related standards (ES). Using a propensity score matching method, we found that QS/ES registered firms report higher sales. However, registration is not significantly related to firms’ profits and EBITDA. Our findings also point out the possible synergy between ES and QS, that is, when implemented together, quality and environmental-related standards are more likely to be related to higher sales, profits and EBITDA than when only one of these standards is implemented.

Mots clés: business performance; environmental-related standard; quality standard

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Gilles Grolleau, Naoufel Mzoughi, Sanja Pekovic. Is business performance related to the registration of quality and environmental-related standards?. Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013, 54 (4), pp.525-548. ⟨10.1007/s10640-012-9604-0⟩. ⟨hal-01506195⟩