The impact of environmental performance on firm performance: Short-term costs and long-term benefits?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-97

  Horváthová, Eva ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental certification; Environmental performance; Financial performance; Porter hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84869144681     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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