Environmental practices and firm performance: an empirical analysis in the Spanish hotel industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 516-524

  Molina Azorín, José F ^a   Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   Pereira Moliner, Jorge ^a   Tarí, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Hotels; Performance

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOTELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSES; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; FIRM PERFORMANCES; HOTEL INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE LEVELS; PERFORMANCE VARIABLES; PROACTIVITY; SPANISHS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 58349095730     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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