Stakeholder pressure and environmental proactivity: Moderating effect of competitive advantage expectations

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-206

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Environmental management strategy; Individual perception; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857987773     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211203524     Document Type: Article

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