Transdisciplinary Study of Sustainable Enterprise

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 230-244

  Shrivastava, Paul ^a,b   Ivanaj, Silvester ^c   Persson, Sybil ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ICN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate; Environment; Methodology; Science; Strategy; Sustainability; Transdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84878206364     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1773     Document Type: Article

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