In the public eye: Sustainability and the UK's leading retailers

Journal of Public Affairs

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Jones, Peter ^a   Hillier, David ^b   Comfort, Daphne ^a  

^a Cheltenham Gloucester College of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Retailers; Sustainability; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875675912     PISSN: 14723891     EISSN: 14791854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pa.1440     Document Type: Article

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