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Top management and the adoption of energy efficiency practices: Evidence from small and medium-sized manufacturing firms in the US

机译：高层管理人员和采用节能实践：来自美国中小型制造公司的证据

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Barriers to energy efficiency have been extensively discussed in the energy literature, but little is known about positive drivers. This paper investigates the role of top managers and more specifically of top operations managers on the adoption of energy-efficiency practices, based on 5779 energy efficiency recommendations made to 752 small and medium-sized manufacturing firms under the US Department of Energy's IACs (Industrial Assessment Centers) Program, through which teams of students and faculty from engineering schools provide free energy assessments. Top operations managers possess knowledge of production processes, for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. We find that their involvement significantly increases the adoption of energy-efficiency initiatives, while involvement of general top managers without an operational role has little or no effect. Involvement of top operations managers increases the percentage of recommended energy savings that are implemented by 13.4% on average and increases the probability of adoption of more disruptive individual recommendations related to process and equipment change from 31% to 44%. Our findings imply that, in order to advance energy efficiency in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), it may be advisable to target managers who are sufficiently senior but still in a clearly operationally-focused position.
机译：能源文献中已广泛讨论了提高能源效率的障碍，但对积极推动因素知之甚少。本文根据在美国能源部IAC（工业评估）下为752家中小型制造公司提出的5779项能效建议，调查了高层管理人员，尤其是高层运营经理在采用节能实践中的作用。中心）计划，通过该计划，来自工科学校的学生和教职员工团队提供免费的能源评估。最高运营经理具有生产过程的知识，可以最大程度地有效制造和分配商品。我们发现，他们的参与大大提高了采用节能举措的能力，而没有运营职责的总经理的参与几乎没有影响。高层运营经理的参与将建议实施的节能建议的百分比平均提高了13.4％，并将采用与过程和设备变更相关的更具破坏性的个人建议的可能性从31％提高到了44％。我们的发现表明，为了提高中小型企业（中小型企业）的能源效率，建议将目标定位为足够高的经理人，但仍然要明确他们在操作上的位置。

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