Determining factors of environmental strategic positioning adopted by Portuguese large companies

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 478-498

  Silva Monteiro, Sónia Maria ^a   Aibar Guzmán, Beatriz ^b  

^a Instituto Politcnico do Cvado e do Ave   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Environmental management; Large enterprises; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016663     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110910995348     Document Type: Article

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