Price Fairness in the Case of Green Products: Enterprises' Policies and Consumers' Perceptions

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 547-560

  Dekhili, Sihem ^a   Achabou, Mohamed Akli ^b  

^a University of Strasbourg   (France)

^b IPAG Business School   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental strategy; Green products; Price fairness; Stakeholder; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84890795113     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1763     Document Type: Article

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