Environmental responsiveness, individuals and organizational learning: SME experience

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-730

  Petts, Judith ^a   Herd, Andrew ^a   O'Heocha, Mary ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0032445269     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640569811380     Document Type: Article

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