Internet-supported sustainability reporting: Developments in Germany

Management Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1064-1082

  Herzig, Christian ^a,b   Godemann, Jasmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication management; Germany; Internet; Reports; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957303846     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171011085903     Document Type: Article

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