The influence of entrepreneurial, market, knowledge management orientations on cleaner production and the sustainable competitive advantage

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 174, Issue , 2018, Pages 1653-1663

  de Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro ^a   Severo, Eliana Andrea ^b   de Vasconcelos, César Ricardo Maia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE MERIDIONAL IMED   (Brazil)

^c POTIGUAR UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cleaner production; Entrepreneurial orientation; Knowledge management orientation; Market orientation; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

BRAZIL; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; MARKET ORIENTATION; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85038862516     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.074     Document Type: Article

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