Barriers to the adoption of green operational practices at Brazilian companies: Effects on green and operational performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3042-3058

  Jabbour, Charbel José Chiappetta ^a   De Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   De Freitas, Thiago Pignatti ^a   Soubihia, Davi Fouad ^a   Kannan, Devika ^b   Latan, Hengky ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PATTIMURA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

barriers; Brazil; green manufacturing; performance; production and operations management; sustainability; sustainable operations

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

BARRIERS; BRAZIL; GREEN MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84961918692     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1154997     Document Type: Article

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