100 per cent organic? A sustainable entrepreneurship perspective on the diffusion of organic clothing

Corporate Governance (Bingley)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-598

  Hansen, Erik G ^a   Schaltegger, Stefan ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate sustainability; Germany; Integrated production; Organic cotton; Supply chain management; Sustainability oriented innovation; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Textile industry; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885041739     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CG-06-2013-0074     Document Type: Article

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