Effects of Business Greening and Green IT Capital on Business Competitiveness

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 221-231

  Chuang, Shun Pin ^a   Huang, Sun Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business competitiveness; Degree of business greening; Green IT capital; Green IT human capital; Green IT relational capital; Green IT structural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893857037     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2094-y     Document Type: Article

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