Implementing Sustainable Business Strategies

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-570

  Lane, David C ^a   Strohhecker, Jürgen ^a,a   Größler, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Dynamic decision making; Limits to growth; Sustainability; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS GROWTH; BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING; LIMIT TO GROWTH; MARKET FORCES; SURVIVAL-OF-THE-FITTEST; SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84869998364     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2139     Document Type: Article

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