Being 'Green and Competitive': The Impact of Environmental Actions and Collaborations on Firm Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 413-430

  Dangelico, Rosa Maria ^a   Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental actions; Environmental collaborations; Environmental sustainability; Image performance; Market performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY;

EID: 84942364258     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1828     Document Type: Article

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