Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 1171-1190

  Maletič, Matjaž ^a   Maletič, Damjan ^a   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^b   Dahlgaard Park, Su Mi ^c   Gomišček, Boštjan ^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

corporate sustainability; empirical study; organisational performance; sustainability oriented innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937137770     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2015.1064767     Document Type: Article

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