Management learning and the greening of SMEs: Moving beyond problem-solving;Lernen von Managern und die Umweltorientierung von KMU: Mehr als Problemlösung

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-195

  Millard, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greening; Learning; Resource efficiency; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956279276     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/239700221102500207     Document Type: Article

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