Cleaner production and environmental management as sustainable product innovation antecedents: A survey in Brazilian industries

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-97

  Severo, Eliana Andrea ^a   Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro de ^a   Dorion, Eric Charles Henri ^b  

^a FACULDADE MERIDIONAL IMED   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian industry; Cleaner production; Environmental management; Financial performance; Innovation; Sustainable product

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; INNOVATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84977624512     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.090     Document Type: Article

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