Energy efficiency complexities: A technical and managerial investigation

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-416

  Virtanen, Tuija ^a   Tuomaala, Mari ^b   Pentti, Emilia ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy efficiency indicator; Performance management; Sustainable development; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888437479     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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