Environmental sustainability orientation and performance of family and nonfamily firms

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1250-1259

  Adomako, Samuel ^a   Amankwah Amoah, Joseph ^b   Danso, Albert ^c   Konadu, Renata ^c   Owusu Agyei, Samuel ^c  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; environmental sustainability; family vs. nonfamily firms; Ghana; performance; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGE; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 85063667600     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2314     Document Type: Article

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