Proactive corporate environmental strategy and the development of competitively valuable organizational capabilities

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 729-753

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Vredenburg, Harrie ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capabilities: Continuous innovation; Environmental strategy; Higher order learning; Stakeholder integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001565045     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199808)19:8<729::aid-smj967>3.3.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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