Doing More with Less: Building Dynamic Capabilities for Eco-Efficiency

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 956-971

  Kabongo, Jean D ^a   Boiral, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

dynamic capabilities; eco efficiency; inductive analysis; industrial ecology; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INNOVATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 85017257512     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1958     Document Type: Article

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