Manufacturing planning systems /
This study utilizes ground theory research methodology ) and index.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
McGraw-Hill,
[1994]
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| Summary: | This study utilizes ground theory research methodology ) and index. and integrates regime, transaction cost, and comparative analyses to develop a substantive theory of the relative efficiency of environmental compliance strategies, using the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora as a case study. The theory states that countries do not comply fully with their environmental treaty obligations because the costs of complete compliance are very high. The range of costs incurred include economic, administrative, and transactional (bargaining, informational, policing). These costs vary in relevance and importance depending on situational characteristics of the countries, such as their economic stakes in compliance, whether or not they have made good faith efforts to comply, their relative wealth (capacity), and the presence or absence of advocacy groups in the issue area. The international regime involved with the issue (treaty parties, secretariats/commissions, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, scientists, academics, and individuals) has a range of strategies available to encourage more complete compliance by treaty parties. These strategies may lead to increased compliance by reducing the costs of compliance by those parties acting in good faith, or by increasing the costs of noncompliance by those parties who have not acted in good faith. The most efficient strategies will serve these purposes at the lowest cost to the initiating regime member(s). For low capacity countries which have made good faith efforts to comply, audits are the most efficient strategy, followed by external monitoring and verification and incentives. For high capacity countries which have not made good faith efforts to comply, forms of retaliation other than trade sanctions are the most efficient. For low capacity sanctions are also the most efficient, perhaps coupled with incentives when the party demonstrates a willingness to improve its treaty behavior. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 367 pages : :illustrations ; ;24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0077077431 : |