The NGO's Dilemma: How to Influence Firms to Replace a Potentially Hazardous Substance

Tim Kraft
Tim Kraft
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Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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Yanchong Zheng
Yanchong Zheng
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Feryal Erhun
Feryal Erhun
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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Tim Kraft

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Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

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Yanchong Zheng

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Feryal Erhun

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Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Published Online:19 Jul 2013https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2013.0440

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Received:September 13, 2011
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Published Online:July 19, 2013

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