ISO 26000 and the standardization of strategic management processes for sustainability and corporate social responsibility

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 442-455

  Hahn, Rüdiger ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; ISO 26000; Management process; Standardization; Strategic management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84887617249     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1751     Document Type: Article

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