Organizational innovation as an opportunity for sustainable enterprise: Standardization as a potential constraint

Stakeholders, the Environment and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 185-211

  Wheeler, David ^a,b,c   Ng, Michelle ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b York Institute for Research and Innovation   (United States)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

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EID: 70349212787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845423629.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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