Motivations for implementing environmental management practices in Indian industries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Singh, Neelam ^a   Jain, Suresh ^a   Sharma, Prateek ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Econometric model; Environmental management system; Factor analysis; Hypothesis testing; Research questionnaire; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERVICE SECTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

INDIA;

EID: 84911449171     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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