SMEs and environmental responsibility: Do actions reflect attitudes?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-199

  Cassells, Sue ^a   Lewis, Kate ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental practices; Small and medium enterprises; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957576154     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.269     Document Type: Article

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