Sustainability report in small enterprises: Case studies in Italian furniture companies

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-176

  Borga, Francesca ^a   Citterio, Annalisa ^a   Noci, Giuliano ^a   Pizzurno, Emanuele ^b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case study; Italy; SME; Sustainability report guideline

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FIRM SIZE; GUIDELINE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249131866     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.561     Document Type: Article

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