Green Innovation and Financial Performance: An Institutional Approach

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-385

  Aguilera Caracuel, Javier ^a   Ortiz de Mandojana, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

environmental normative dimension; environmental regulations; financial performance; green innovation; institutional theory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84890063206     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026613507931     Document Type: Article

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