Consumer-defined sustainably-oriented firms and factors influencing adoption

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2202-2209

  Ramirez, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption factors; Qualitative analysis; Stakeholder theory; Sustainable orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880941954     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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