The economic foundations of corporate sustainability

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-177

  Steger, Ulrich ^a   Ionescu Somers, Aileen ^a   Salzmann, Oliver ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business performance; Corporate social responsibility; Food industry; Process analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147110732     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710739804     Document Type: Article

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