Motivations and barriers to corporate environmental management

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 390-409

  Ervin, David ^a   Wu, Junjie ^b   Khanna, Madhu ^c   Jones, Cody ^d   Wirkkala, Teresa ^e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Cardino WRG   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Environmental policy; Environmental practices; Institutional forces; Management attitudes; Pollution prevention; Stakeholder pressures

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION CONTROL; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84884159286     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1752     Document Type: Article

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