Sustainable collaboration: The impact of governance and institutions on sustainable performance

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-6

  Niesten, Eva ^a   Jolink, Albert ^b   Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz ^c   Chappin, Maryse ^d   Lozano, Rodrigo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^f ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Governance; Institutions; Sustainable collaboration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION; SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85009289943     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.085     Document Type: Article

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