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In order to find reasons of ISO14001 adoption and effects of IS014001 on environmental emissions for small and medium-sized firms (SMF) in which ISO14001 had not diffused widely yet, this study carried out a national survey and statistically analyzed collected data on differences of motives for ISO14001 adoption and of reduction targets for the emissions between the sizes of the firms. We categorized firms which had less than 300 employees as SMF. The survey was sent out from January to March of 2001. Regarding the motives, EU trade for large sized firms and top management for SMF were distinctively significant. On the target of energy and waste, the statistical results found no differences between the firms. IS014001 was significant on the both sized firms. For the targets of regulated emissions, the only one difference was that social responsibility was significant on SMF. IS014001 was also significant on the both sized firms. Perception of environmental issues by top management was more important for SMF to adopt IS014001 and improve the emissions control than for the large sized firms . Because branch facilities were included in SMF, future work should address more detailed categoriation of facilities such as size of parent company.
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