Barriers to the adoption of proactive environmental strategies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1417-1425

  Murillo Luna, Josefina L ^a   Garcés Ayerbe, Concepción ^a   Rivera Torres, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental Proactivity; Environmental strategies; External and internal barriers to environmental progress; Industrial firms

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL FIRMS; INTERNAL BARRIERS; PROACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

INDUSTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959765977     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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