Integrative management of sustainability performance, measurement and reporting

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Schaltegger, Stefan ^a   Wagner, Marcus ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accounting; Performance measurement; Reporting; Sustainability balanced scorecard; Sustainability management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746239550     PISSN: 17408008     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAAPE.2006.010098     Document Type: Article

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