Do corporate sustainability practices enhance organizational economic performance?

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 184-200

  Maletič, Matjaž ^a   Maletič, Damjan ^a   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^b   Dahlgaard Park, Su Mi ^c   Gomišcek, Boštjan&&Prof ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; Financial performance; Market performance; Mediation analysis; Sustainability practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930721984     PISSN: 1756669X     EISSN: 17566703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJQSS-02-2015-0025     Document Type: Article

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