Corporate Ecological Responsiveness: Antecedent Effects of Institutional Pressure and Top Management Commitment and Their Impact on Organizational Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-91

  Colwell, Scott R ^a   Joshi, Ashwin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental responsibility; Institutional theory; Management commitment; Natural environment

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING; MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROFITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84873084442     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.732     Document Type: Article

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