The impact of organizational pressures on environmental performance of firms

Business Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-182

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a   Poomkaew, Boonchan ^b   Nath, Prithwiraj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898642230     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12042     Document Type: Article

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