The adoption of green business practices among small US Midwestern manufacturing enterprises

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2133-2149

  Ashton, Weslynne ^a   Russell, Suzana ^b   Futch, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

environmental management; green business; small and medium enterprises; supply chain; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREEN ECONOMY; MANUFACTURING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013204508     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1281107     Document Type: Article

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