Sustainability strategies in U.S. Agribusiness: Understanding key drivers, objectives, and actions

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Rankin, Amber ^a   Gray, Allan W ^a   Boehlje, Michael D ^b   Alexander, Corinne ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Agricultural and Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Stakeholders; Strategy; Supply chain; Sustainability; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655171834     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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