Applying the principles of sustainability in University Management: A comparative analysis

Transformations in Business and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-86

  Grundey, Dainora ^a   Šavrina, Baiba ^b   Kanapickiene, Rasa ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Management; Sustainability; Sustainable development; USA universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049088244     PISSN: 16484460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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