Plant-level environmental management orientation: The influence of management views and plant characteristics

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-275

  Klassen, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment performance and social orientation; Manufacturing strategy; Natural environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040330252     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00374.x     Document Type: Article

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