An ecological modernist interpretation of sustainability: The Case of Interface Inc

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 512-523

  Stubbs, Wendy ^a   Cocklin, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Ecological modernization; Firm level sustainability; Socio economic change; System sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MODERNIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 60649120047     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.544     Document Type: Article

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