Can 'market transformation' lead to 'sustainable business'? A critical appraisal of the UK's strategy for sustainable business

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-106

  Smallbone, Teresa ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 2342584755     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.397     Document Type: Article

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