Exploring Resource Efficiency Benchmarks for Environmental Sustainability in Hotels

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-241

  Zhang, Jie J ^a   Joglekar, Nitin R ^b   Verma, Rohit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmarking; environmental sustainability; exploratory factor analysis; resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863995920     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965512441165     Document Type: Article

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