The competitive determinants of a firm's environmental management activities: Evidence from US manufacturing industries

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 69-84

  Hofer, Christian ^a   Cantor, David E ^b   Dai, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental management; US manufacturing industries

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MARKET LEADERSHIP; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PANEL DATA; SMALLER FIRMS; US MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84857369398     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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