Direct and indirect effects of eco-innovation, environmental orientation and supplier collaboration on hotel performance: An empirical study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 184, Issue , 2018, Pages 537-549

  Aboelmaged, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Eco innovation; Environmental orientation; Hotel performance; Supplier collaboration

Indexed keywords

HOTELS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MANAGERS;

ECO-INNOVATION; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; RELATIONAL THEORIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SUPPLIER COLLABORATION; SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85044441410     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.192     Document Type: Article

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