An empirical examination of stakeholder pressures, green operations practices and environmental performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6390-6407

  Yu, Wantao ^a   Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental performance; green operations practices; green product process design; internal green management; stakeholder pressures; UK

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN; DESIGN;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREEN MANAGEMENTS; GREEN OPERATIONS PRACTICES; GREEN PRODUCTS; STAKEHOLDER PRESSURES; UK;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84941932848     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.931608     Document Type: Article

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