Business sustainability and E-footprints on Earth's life and ecosystems: Generic models

European Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 543-552

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wagner, Beverly ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; E footprint; Earth; Ecosystems; EE approach; Interface; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Transformative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867174730     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341211270555     Document Type: Article

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