Improving the firm’s environmental conduct: A source of competitive advantage?

Journal of Strategic Marketing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-144

  Knudsen, Thorbjørn ^a   Madsen, Tagekoed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Environmental conduct; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013014153     PISSN: 0965254X     EISSN: 14664488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713775735     Document Type: Article

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