Green businesses: Perspectives from management and business ethics

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Johnson, Douglas B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Ecological modernization; Environmental policy; Green business; Green consumerism; Management; New ecological paradigm; Public policy; Socioecological responsibility; Stakeholder; Strategic competitive advantage; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREEN MARKETING;

EID: 0031819356     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929809381078     Document Type: Article

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