How Green Management Influences Product Innovation in China: The Role of Institutional Benefits

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 471-485

  Shu, Chengli ^a   Zhou, Kevin Z ^b   Xiao, Yazhen ^c   Gao, Shanxing ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Government support; Green management; Incremental product innovation; Radical product innovation; Social legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960250010     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2401-7     Document Type: Article

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