Environmental operations management and its links with proactivity and performance: A study of the UK food industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-159

  Graham, Stephanie ^a   Potter, Antony ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Performance; Proactivity

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRO ACTIVITIES; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84964270628     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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