Determinants of international environmental strategies of Korean firms: An explorative case-study approach

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-380

  Cho, Eunhyung ^a   Voss, Hinrich ^b  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Korea; nternational environmental strategy; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960962372     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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