Ecological modernization as a paradigm of corporate sustainability

Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Pataki, György ^a,b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Business Economics   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case study; Chemical industry; Corporate environmental management; Critical management studies; Ecological modernization; Hungary

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 67649974660     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.403     Document Type: Article

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