Environmental innovations and financial performance of Japanese automotive and electronics companies

Green Growth: Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy: Learning by Doing in East Asia and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 173-190

  Cortez, Michael Angelo A ^a   Cudia, Cynthia P ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Automotive; Electronics; Environmental accounting; Financial performance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995427458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4417-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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