The Effect of Internal Barriers on the Connection Between Stakeholder Integration and Proactive Environmental Strategies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-293

  Delgado Ceballos, Javier ^a   Aragón Correa, Juan Alberto ^a   Ortiz de Mandojana, Natalia ^a   Rueda Manzanares, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capability of stakeholder integration; Natural environment; Proactive environmental strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860217021     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1039-y     Document Type: Article

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