The relationship between sustainable business management and competitiveness: Research trends and challenge

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 32-48

  Iasevoli, Gennaro ^a   Massi, Marta ^b  

^a LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Eco efficiency; Innovation; Market advantage; Sustainable development; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EFFICIENCY; SEMANTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; MARKET ADVANTAGES; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84858711105     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.045787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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