The effectiveness of the public support policies for the European industry financing as a contribution to sustainable development

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-515

  Rivera Lirio, Juana María ^a   Muñoz Torres, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Manufacturing industry; Policy analysis; Social responsibility; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954863867     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0278-7     Document Type: Article

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