The effect of ISO 14001 certification announcements on stock performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 765-788

  Paulraj, Anthony ^a   de Jong, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Event study; ISO 14001 certification; Stock markets; Stock performance; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959264931     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111144841     Document Type: Article

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