Proactive environmental strategy development: from laggard to eco-innovative firms

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1118-1134

  Garcés Ayerbe, Concepción ^a   Scarpellini, Sabina ^a   Valero Gil, Jesus ^b   Rivera Torres, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Eco innovation; Environmental proactivity; Environmental strategies; Pro environmental change; Strategic environmental behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999885254     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOCM-05-2016-0081     Document Type: Article

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