New sustainable business models in China

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-77

  Birkin, F ^a   Cashman, A ^a   Koh, S C L ^a   Liu, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business models; China; Environmental issues; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHENZHEN;

EID: 60649083631     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.568     Document Type: Article

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