Drivers of proactive environmental strategy in family firms

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-334

  Sharma, Pramodita ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

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EID: 79955722312     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201121218     Document Type: Article

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