Behind eco-innovation: Managerial environmental awareness and external resource acquisition

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 139, Issue , 2016, Pages 347-360

  Peng, Xuerong ^a   Liu, Yang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Managerial cognition theory; Managerial environmental awareness; Resource acquisition; Resource dependency theory

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ECO-INNOVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; MANAGERIAL COGNITIONS; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; RESOURCE DEPENDENCY THEORIES;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84995545649     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.051     Document Type: Article

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