Associate Professor of Management & Public Policy
Ph.D. Public Policy
Analysis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Research Grants
2010
European Commission's Erasmus Mundus Programme: Sustainability Labels as Public Policy Tools
2009-2010
Economic and Social Research Council, Social Science Research Council, and Cardiff University: Sustainability Labels, Individual Behavior, Corporate Leadership and Environmental Sustainability
2008-2009
Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America: Assessing the Linkages between Environmental Sustainability and Competitiveness in Select North American Sectors
2008
Provost's Summer Research Funding for Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, George Mason University: Environmental Regulations, Green Offsets & Firms’ Financial Performance
2007-2008
IBM Center for the Business of Government: What the Federal Government Can do to Encourage Green Production. Click here
2002-2005
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD): Environmental
Policy Tools and Firm-level Management Practices: An international Survey. To download survey, Click here
2002-2004
National Science Foundation: Materials Use - Science, Engineering &
Society: Industrial Solvents & Working Fluids - Industrial Ecology
of Organic Materials
Other
Significant Projects
2002-2005
Voluntary Environmental Programs (VEP) Survey: Download final report--
The Design and Rigor of U.S. Voluntary Environmental Programs: Results from the VEP Survey. Click here
1997-2002
National Database on Environmental Management
Systems (NDEMS): National
Database of Environmental Management Systems. Click here
Publications
Most
papers may be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat.
Arimura T., Darnall N. & Katayama H. 2011. Is ISO 14001 a gateway to more advanced environmental action? The case for green supply chain management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, in press. Click here ..Earlier version of this paper was listed on "15 Green Supply Chain Studies You Should Know About," The Green Economy Post, January 12, 2010.
Darnall,
Nicole, Irene Henriques & Perry Sadorsky. 2010. Adopting proactive environmental practices: the influence of stakeholders and firm size. Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming. Click here
Edwards Jr., Daniel & Nicole Darnall. 2010. Averting environmental justice claims? The role of environmental management systems. Public Administration Review, 70(3), 422-433. Click here
Lin, Haiying & Nicole Darnall. 2010. Strategic alliances for environmental protection. Sarkis J., Cordeiro J., & Vazquez Brust D. (eds.) Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration: A Multistakeholder Perspective. New York: Springer, pp. 233-246. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, Matthew Potoski & Aseem Prakash. 2010. Sponsorship matters: assessing business participation in government- and industry-sponsored voluntary environmental programs. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,20(2), 283-307. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole. 2009. Environmental regulations, green production offsets and organizations' financial performance. Public Administration Review 69(3), 418-434. Click here ..See press release - Corporations Can Profit from Being Environmentally Friendly, New George Mason Study Shows, July 15, 2008. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, Inshik Seol & Joseph Sarkis. 2009. Perceived stakeholder influences and organizations' use of environmental audits. Accounting, Organizations and Society 34(2), 170-187. Click here ..Distinguished Paper Award - Decision Sciences Institute.
Darnall,
Nicole & Stephen Sides. 2009. Do voluntary environmental programs improve performance? Rivera J. & de Leon P. (eds.). Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Policy Perspective. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, in association with Policy Studies Organization, pp. 213-238. Click here ..See press release - Corporate Voluntary Environmental Programs Don't Perform as Well as Expected, New Study Shows, March 6, 2008.
Arimura, Toshi, Nicole Darnall, Haijime Katayama. 2009. Is ISO 14001 a Gateway to More Advanced Voluntary Action? A Case for Green Supply Chain Management. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, Discussion Paper 09-05. Click here ..Paper listed on "15 Green Supply Chain Studies You Should Know About," The Green Economy Post, January 12, 2010. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, Irene Henriques & Perry Sadorsky. 2008. Do environmental management systems improve business performance in the international setting? Journal of International Management 14(4), 364-376. Click here ..Selected as a Best Paper - Academy of Management, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division.
Darnall,
Nicole. 2008. Creating a green brand for competitive distinction. Asian Business & Management 7(4), 445-466. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole. 2008. What the Federal Government Can Do to Encourage Green Production. Washington, DC: IBM Center for the Business of Government, Presidential Transition Series. Click here ..See press release - Green Production Guildelines Give 'Roadmap' for new administration, September 1, 2009. Click here
Darnall, Nicole. 2008. What the federal government can do to encourage green production. The Business of Government, Fall/Winter 86-89. Click here
Darnall, Nicole. 2008. Addressing global environmental challanges: using information as a novel "local" policy approach. Global Studies Reivew 4(3), 1-3. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole & Stephen Sides. 2008. Assessing the performance of voluntary environmental programs: does certification matter? Policy Studies Journal 36(1), 95-117. Click here ..See press release - Corporate Voluntary Environmental Programs Don't Perform as Well as Expected, New Study Shows, March 6, 2008. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, G. Jason Jolley & Robert Handfield. 2008. Environmental management systems and green supply chain management: Complements for sustainability? Business Strategy and the Environment 17(1), 30-45. Click here ..Paper listed on "15 Green Supply Chain Studies You Should Know About," The Green Economy Post, January 12, 2010. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, G. Jason Jolley & Bjarne Ytterhus. 2007. Understanding the relationship between a facility's environmental and financial performance. N. Johnstone (ed.) Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour, Northhampton, MA:
Edward Elgar Publishing in association with Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), pp. 213-259. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole. 2006. Why
firms mandate ISO 14001. Business & Society 45(3), 354-381. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole & Daniel Edwards, Jr. 2006. Predicting
the costs of environmental management system adoption: The role of capabilities,
resources & ownership structure. Strategic Management
Journal 27(2), 301-320. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole & JoAnn Carmin. 2005. Greener and cleaner? The signaling accuracy of US voluntary environmental
programs. Policy Sciences 38(2-3),71-90. Click here ..See press release - Professors Propose Framework for Greener, Cleaner Environment, Dec. 4, 2003. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, Irene Henriques & Perry Sadorsky. 2005. An International
Comparison of the of the Factors affecting Environmental Strategy and
Performance. M. Rowan (ed.) Best Paper
Proceedings: Sixty-third Meeting of the Academy of Management. Washington, DC: Academy of Management, pp. B1-B6. Click here
Darnall, Nicole & G. Jason Jolley. 2004. Involving
the public: When are surveys and stakeholder interviews most effective? Review of Policy Research 21(4), 581-594. Click here
Carmin,
JoAnn, Nicole Darnall, & Joao Mil-Homens. 2003. Stakeholder
involvement in the design of US voluntary environmental programs: Does
sponsorship matter? Policy Studies Journal 31(4),
527-543. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole. 2003. Why
firms certify to ISO 14001: An institutional and resource-based view. D. Nagao (ed.) Best Paper Proceedings: Sixty-first Meeting of the Academy of Management Conference. Seattle: Academy of Management, pp. A1-A6. Click here .Best Paper Award - Academy of Management, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division.
Darnall,
Nicole. 2003. Motivations
for participating in a voluntary environmental initiative: The multi-state
working group and EPA's EMS pilot program, in Sanjay Sharma
and Mark Starik (eds.) Research in Corporate sustainability: The Evolving Theory and Practice of Organizations in the Natural Environment, Boston: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 123-154. Click here
Darnall,
Nicole, Deborah Rigling Gallagher & Richard N.L. Andrews. 2001. ISO 14001: greening
management systems, in J. Sarkis (ed.) Greener
Manufacturing and Operations. Sheffield:
Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 178-190. Click here
Andrews, Richard N.L, Nicole Darnall, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Suellen
T. Keiner, Eric Feldman, Matthew Mitchell, Deborah Amaral & Jessica
Jacoby, J. 2001. Environmental management systems: History, theory and implementation research, in C. Coglianese & J. Nash (eds.), Regulation
from the Inside: Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy
Goals? Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, pp. 31-62. Click here
Darnall, Nicole, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Richard N.L. Andrews, &
Deborah Amaral. 2000. Environmental
management systems: Opportunities for improved environmental and business
strategy, Environmental Quality Management 9(3),
1-9. Click here
Davies,
Terry (J. Clarence), Jan Mazurek, Kieran McCarthy, & Nicole Darnall.
1997. Voluntary incentives are no shortcut for pollution abatement. Resources 127, 16. Click here
Davies,
Terry (J. Clarence), Jan Mazurek, Kieran McCarthy, & Nicole Darnall.
1996. Industry
Incentives for Environmental Improvement: Evaluation of US Federal Initiatives. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, Center for Risk Management. Click here
Davies,
Terry (J. Clarence) & Nicole Darnall.
1996. Getting the city on the hill to shine, Resources 125, 10-13. Click here
Davies,
Terry (J. Clarence) & Nicole Darnall. 1996. Environmental
Priorities for the District of Columbia: A Report to the Summit Fund. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, Center for Risk Management,
Discussion Paper 97-04. Click here
Darnall, Nicole, Gerald Nehman, John W. Priest, Joseph Sarkis. 1994. A review of environmentally conscious manufaturing theory and practices, International Journal of Environmentally Conscious Design & Manufacturing 3(4),
49-57. Click here
