Environmental performance, competitiveness and management of small businesses in Europe

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 541-557

  Hitchens, David ^a   Thankappan, Samarthia ^b   Trainor, Mary ^a   Clausen, Jens ^c   De Marchi, Bruna ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability   (Germany)

^d Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Compliance firms; Compliance plus firms; Environmental initiatives; Environmental performance; Excellence firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744782313     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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