Evaluating the climate SWOT as a tool for defining climate strategies for business

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 562-571

  Pesonen, Hanna Leena ^a   Horn, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate strategy; Life cycle perspective; SWOT

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE STRATEGY; LIFE-CYCLE PERSPECTIVE; OPERATIONAL CHANGES; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES; SWOT;

CONCRETES; LIFE CYCLE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS; TOOLS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84890309967     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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