The influence of environmental management practices and supply chain integration on technological innovation performance-Evidence from China's manufacturing industry

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 15342-15361

  Yang, Jiehui ^a,b   Han, Qinglan ^a   Zhou, Juanmei ^c   Yuan, Chunlin ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental management practices; Resource based view; Supply chain integration; Supply chain knowledge sharing; Technological innovation performance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84949500545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71115342     Document Type: Article

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