The impact of sustainability exploration and sustainability exploitation practices on the organisational performance: a cross-country comparison

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-169

  Maletič, Matjaž ^a   Maletič, Damjan ^a   Gomišček, Boštjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Country effect; Organisational performance; Sustainability; Sustainability practices

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; COUNTRY EFFECT; EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATIONS; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION PRACTICES; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84962576125     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.132     Document Type: Article

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