Environmental protection and financial performance: An empirical analysis in Wales

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 981-1018

  de Burgos Jiménez, Jerónimo ^a   Vázquez Brust, Diego ^b   Plaza Úbeda, José A ^a   Dijkshoorn, Jeroen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental performance; Environmental strategy; Financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883378487     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-11-2010-0374     Document Type: Article

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