Environmental performance and plant closure

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-494

  Kassinis, George ^a   Vafeas, Nikos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Plant closings; Stakeholder pressures; Toxic emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749101041     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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