Greening of industries for sustainable growth: An exploratory study on durable, non-durable and services industries

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 551-586

  Saxena, Ravindra P ^a   Khandelwal, Pradeep K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Natural Aroma Products Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Green environment; Green marketing; Green philosophy; India; Social economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84863441107     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068291211238437     Document Type: Article

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