Corporate environmental strategy and competitive advantage: A review from the past to the future

Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-26

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Alberto Aragon Correa J ^b,c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881984247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845426859.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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