Strategy development in small and medium sized enterprises for sustainability and increased value creation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Moore, Samuel B ^a   Manring, Susan L ^b  

^a Ouroboros Holdings LLC   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Resilience; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Sustainability; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PLANNING; SENSOR NETWORKS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESILIENCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES); SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54249095962     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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