Union is strength: The integration of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 contributes to improve the firms’ financial performance

Management Decision

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-102

  Martí Ballester, Carmen Pilar ^a   Simon, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate financial performance; Integrated management systems; ISO 14001; ISO 9001

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009747748     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-09-2015-0414     Document Type: Article

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