Sustainability, performance and organizational strategy: An empirical analysis of public organizations

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-92

  Enticott, Gareth ^a   Walker, Richard M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Organizational performance; Organizational strategy; Public organizations; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 39649087110     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.501     Document Type: Article

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