Integrating sustainable development indicators with existing business infrastructure

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-411

  Searcy, Cory ^a   Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^b   McCartney, Daryl ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Electric utilities; Integration; Management systems; Performance measurement; SDIs; Sustainable Development Indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347350246     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2006.013737     Document Type: Article

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