Managing for sustainability: findings from four company case studies in the UK precast concrete industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-160

  Holton, Ian ^a,b   Glass, Jacqui ^b   Price, Andrew D F ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change agents; Corporate sustainability; Management capabilities; Management systems; Organisational development

Indexed keywords

CHANGE AGENTS; COMPLIANCE APPROACH; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CONCRETE INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; PRECAST CONCRETE; RESEARCH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70849090304     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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