The EPM-KOMPAS: An instrument to control the environmental performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 361-371

  Günther, Edeltraud ^a   Kaulich, Susann ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Cause analysis; Decision making; Environmental assessment; Environmental management; Environmental performance; Strategic management; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 27844597403     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.437     Document Type: Article

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