Values, environmental concern and economic concern as predictors of enterprise environmental responsiveness

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 685-700

  Potocan, Vojko ^a   Nedelko, Zlatko ^a   Peleckienė, Valentina ^b   Peleckis, Kęstutis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

attitude; economic; enterprise; environment; responsiveness; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992697463     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2016.1202315     Document Type: Article

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