Sustainable learning organizations

Learning Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Velazquez, Luis E ^a   Esquer, Javier ^a   Munguía, Nora E ^a   Moure Eraso, Rafael ^b  

^a University of Sonora   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Learning organizations; Pollution control; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651230827     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471111095984     Document Type: Article

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