Knowledge acquisition and environmental commitment in SMEs

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 249-259

  Roy, Marie Josée ^a   Thérin, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental scanning; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge management; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249089460     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.145     Document Type: Article

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