Indicators of sustainable business practices: Woolworths in South Africa

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-108

  Dos Santos, Maria A O ^a   Svensson, Göran ^b   Padin, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Performance indicators; Retail industry; Retailing; South Africa; Strategy; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Triple bottom line; Woolworths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872898455     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541311293212     Document Type: Article

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