Transformative business sustainability: Multi-layer model and network of e-footprint sources

European Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-352

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wagner, Beverly ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; E footprint; Earth to Earth approach; Ecosystems; Environmental management; Recovery pool; Redistribution buffer; Sustainability; Transformative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960048775     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341111145735     Document Type: Article

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