Development of social, environmental, and economic indicators for a small/medium enterprise

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-266

  Clarke Sather, Abigail R ^a   Hutchins, Margot J ^b   Zhang, Qiong ^c   Gershenson, John K ^a   Sutherland, John W ^d  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility location; Green business; Indicator development; Small to medium sized enterprises; Start up companies; Strategic decision making; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255176868     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347641111169250     Document Type: Article

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