Environmental strategy and exports in medium, small and micro-enterprises

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-275

  Martín Tapia, Inmaculada ^a   Aragón Correa, J Alberto ^a   Rueda Manzanares, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exports; Innovative environmental management; Internationalization; Natural environment; Resource based view; Size; Small and medium enterprises (SEMs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953358264     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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