Identifying Firm Capabilities as Drivers of Environmental Management and Sustainability Practices - Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 530-545

  Hofmann, Kay H ^a   Theyel, Gregory ^b   Wood, Craig H ^c  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Environmental management; Product innovation; Stakeholder collaboration; Sustainability; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870244331     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.739     Document Type: Article

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