The role of contingency factors on the relationship between sustainability practices and organizational performance

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 171, Issue , 2018, Pages 423-433

  Maletič, Matjaž ^a   Maletič, Damjan ^a   Gomišček, Boštjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Contingency factors; Exploitation; Exploration; Organizational performance; Sustainability practices

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONTINGENCY FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION PRACTICES; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85034075653     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.172     Document Type: Article

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