The impact of environmental management on firm performance

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1199-1214

  Klassen, Robert D ^a   McLaughlin, Curtis P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Environmental Awards; Environmental Performance; Financial Performance; Operations Management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINANCE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM; NEGATIVE RETURNS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; STOCK MARKET;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030217190     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.8.1199     Document Type: Article

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