Design and development of a corporate sustainability index platform for corporate sustainability performance analysis

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-77

  Ngai, E W T ^a   Chau, Dorothy C K ^a   Lo, C W H ^a   Lei, Chun Fong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analysis of corporate sustainability; Corporate sustainability index (CSI); Corporate sustainability responsibility; performance; platform

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY INDICES; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY; PERFORMANCE; PLATFORM;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84913596610     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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