Developing sustainability balanced scorecards for environmental services: A study of three large Portuguese companies

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 13-34

  Dias Sardinha, Idalina ^a,b,c   Reijnders, Lucas ^d,e   Antunes, Paula ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Thebes Higher Institute of Management and Information Technology   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347359562     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20139     Document Type: Article

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