Sustainable development and intangibles: Building sustainable intellectual capital

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-37

  López Gamero, María D ^a   Zaragoza Sáez, Patrocinio ^a   Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   Molina Azorín, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Stakeholders; Sustainable development; Sustainable intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SERVICE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

SPAIN;

EID: 78650343685     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.666     Document Type: Article

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