Achieving 'sustainable business': A study of perceptions of environmental best practice by SMEs in South Yorkshire

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-105

  Taylor, Nick ^a   Barker, Karen ^b   Simpson, Mike ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Business Link South Yorkshire   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037325826     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0219     Document Type: Article

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