The mediating effect of information availability between organization design variables and environmental practices in the Canadian Hotel Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-276

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249142771     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.603     Document Type: Article

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