The Journey of a 'Green' Micro-Enterprise - The Green Planet

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-101

  Holt, Diane ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental enterprises; Retail; Small business; Teaching case

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858747396     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.290     Document Type: Article

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