Planetary Boundaries: Ecological Foundations for Corporate Sustainability

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-336

  Whiteman, Gail ^a   Walker, Brian ^b   Perego, Paolo ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecology; Management; Planetary Boundaries; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874235795     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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