Why go green?: The effects of internationalization, path-dependency, and environmental uncertainty

PICMET: Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1730-1737

  Peng, Yu Shu ^a   Luan, Chin Jung ^a   Chou, Chia Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DEGREE OF INTERNATIONALIZATION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; ISO 14001; ISO-9000; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 70450211180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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