Institutional Environment, Managerial Attitudes and Environmental Sustainability Orientation of Small Firms

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-476

  Roxas, Banjo ^a   Coetzer, Alan ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business orientation; Cognitive; Environmental sustainability; Institutional environment; Institutions; Managerial attitudes; Normative; Philippines; Regulation; Small firms; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871291529     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1211-z     Document Type: Article

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