Educating senior executives in a novel strategic paradigm: Early experiences of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 172-185

  Wheeler, David ^a   Zohar, Asaf ^b   Hart, Stuart L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive education; Learning; Novel paradigm; Sustainability; Sustainable enterprise academy

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 19044395640     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.448     Document Type: Article

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