The role of organizational capabilities in attaining corporate sustainability practices and economic performance: Evidence from Italian wine industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 171, Issue , 2018, Pages 1300-1311

  Annunziata, Eleonora ^a   Pucci, Tommaso ^b   Frey, Marco ^a   Zanni, Lorenzo ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Economic performance; Mediating effect; Organizational capabilities; Proactive socio environmental practices; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; WINE;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; MEDIATING EFFECT; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; WINE INDUSTRY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85034065210     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.035     Document Type: Article

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