The business case for sustainability? An examination of small firms in the UK's construction and restaurant sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 404-420

  Revell, Andrea ^a   Blackburn, Robert ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Qualitative; Restaurants; SMEs; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRM SIZE; POLICY MAKING; PROFITABILITY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548658511     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.499     Document Type: Article

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