Beyond Size: Predicting Engagement in Environmental Management Practices of Dutch SMEs

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-429

  Uhlaner, Lorraine M ^a   Berent Braun, Marta M ^b   Jeurissen, Ronald J M ^b   de Wit, Gerrit ^c  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ecological modernization; Environmental behavior; Environmental management practices; Family firms; Innovation orientation; Small and medium enterprise (SME); Sustainability; Sustainable development; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866295067     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1137-x     Document Type: Article

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