Product strategy vis-à-vis environment: Are strategies of Indian pesticide manufacturers in India sustainable?

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-294

  Narula, Sapna A ^a   Upadhyay, K M ^b  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Jaipuria Institute of Management   (India)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Environmental management; India; Pesticides; Product management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959586984     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111111141530     Document Type: Article

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