An integrated management systems approach to corporate sustainability

European Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-367

  Asif, Muhammad ^a   Searcy, Cory ^b   Zutshi, Ambika ^c   Ahmad, Niaz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Corporate sustainability; Integrated management systems; Management systems; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960044526     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341111145744     Document Type: Review

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