The link of environmental and economic performance: Drivers and limitations of sustainability integration

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1306-1317

  Wagner, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Institutional theory; Resource based view; Stakeholder theory; Sustainability integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926189250     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.11.051     Document Type: Article

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