Environmental strategy: Does it lead to competitive advantage in the US wine industry?

International Journal of Wine Business Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-133

  Remaud, Hervé ^a   Atkin, Thomas ^a   Gilinsky, Armand ^a   Newton, Sandra K ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Cost leadership; Differentiation; Environmental management system; Family firms; Family managed; Family owned; United States of America; Wine business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104586     PISSN: 17511062     EISSN: 17511070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511061211238911     Document Type: Article

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