Green management and financial performance: A literature review

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1080-1100

  Molina Azorín, José F ^a   Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   López Gamero, Maria D ^a   Tarí, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Financial performance; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349618594     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910978313     Document Type: Article

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