A study of determinant factors of stakeholder environmental pressure perceived by industrial companies

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-181

  González Benito, Javier ^a   González Benito, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental pressures; Managerial values; Stakeholder pressures

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

SPAIN;

EID: 77953654315     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.631     Document Type: Article

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