Environmental sustainability orientation and financial resources of small manufacturing firms in the Philippines

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-226

  Roxas, Banjo ^a   Chadee, Doren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability orientation; Manufacturing firms; Philippines; Small business; Small firms; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861901649     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111211234842     Document Type: Article

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