Business sustainability and undergraduate management education: An Australian study

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Fisher, Josie ^a   Bonn, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sustainability education; Sustainable business; Sustainable management; Undergraduate management education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052028218     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9405-8     Document Type: Article

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