Green information technologies practices and financial performance – The empirical evidence from German publicly traded companies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 201, Issue , 2018, Pages 570-579

  Przychodzen, Wojciech ^a   Gómez Bezares, Fernando ^a   Przychodzen, Justyna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Financial performance; Green information technology; Information technology; Publicly traded companies; Value creation; Women executives

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SHAREHOLDERS;

BUSINESS PRACTICES; COSTS OF GOODS SOLD; EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SHAREHOLDER VALUES; VALUE CREATION; WOMEN EXECUTIVES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85053084526     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.081     Document Type: Article

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