Turning sustainability into action: Explaining firms' sustainability efforts and their impact on firm performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 147, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 73-84

  Schrettle, Stefan ^a   Hinz, Andreas ^a   Scherrer Rathje, Maike ^a   Friedli, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Green products; Green supply chain management; Knowledge management; New manufacturing technologies; Sustainability; Sustainability drivers

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GREEN PRODUCTS; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84889099439     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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