Operationalising sustainability: How small and medium sized enterprises translate social and environmental issues into practice

Business Performance Measurement and Management: New Contexts, Themes and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 131-147

  Parisi, Cristiana ^a   Maraghini, Maria Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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EID: 84864581685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04800-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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