Achieving sustainable corporate competitiveness: Strategic link between top management's (Green) commitment and corporate environmental strategy

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 44, 2003, Pages 89-104

  Lee, Ki Hoon ^a   Ball, Robert ^b  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PROFITABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 10244259132     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9774/GLEAF.3062.2003.wi.00009     Document Type: Article

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