Empirical analysis of the integration of environmental proactivity into managerial strategy. Identification of benefits, difficulties and facilitators at the Spanish automotive industry

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1821-1830

  Segarra Oña, María del Val ^a,b,c   Carrascosa López, Conrado ^a   Segura García del Río, Baldomero ^a   Peiró Signes, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Globalization Tourism and Heritatge Research Microcluster   (Spain)

^c International Network for Economic Research on Tourism and Environment   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Environmental proactivity; Strategy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855467015     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2011.245     Document Type: Article

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