Business models for relocalisation to deliver sustainability

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 47, 2004, Pages 89-98

  Wells, Peter ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business models; Decentralisation; Localisation; Micro factory retailing; Small scale production

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; MICROECONOMICS; MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33646595044     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9774/gleaf.3062.2004.au.00009     Document Type: Article

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