Green practices in restaurants: Impact on firm performance

Operations Management Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 2-12

  Perramon, Jordi ^a   Alonso Almeida, María del Mar ^b   Llach, Josep ^c   Bagur Femenías, Llorenç ^a  

^a Universitat Pompeu Fabra UPF Barcelona School of Management   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Environmental practices; Firm performance; Green performance; Green practices; Tourism sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901849218     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-014-0084-y     Document Type: Article

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