Accounting for the social dimension of sustainability: Experiences from the biotechnology industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 334-346

  von Geibler, Justus ^a   Liedtke, Christa ^a   Wallbaum, Holger ^b   Schaller, Stephan ^b  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b Triple Innova   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Emerging technologies; Indicator set; KPI; Social dimension; Stakeholder approach; Stakeholder participation; Sustainability accounting

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33749409423     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.540     Document Type: Article

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