Environmental management evolution: Empirical evidence from Spain and Italy

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 73-88

  Ormazabal, M ^a   Sarriegi, J M ^a  

^a TECNUN UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Companies; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Maturity stages; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894273437     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1761     Document Type: Article

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