Managing Social, Environmental and Financial Performance Simultaneously

Long Range Planning

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-45

  Epstein, Marc J ^a   Buhovac, Adriana Rejc ^b   Yuthas, Kristi ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCE; MANAGERS;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; FIELD RESEARCH; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL VALUES; FORMAL SYSTEMS; INFORMAL SYSTEMS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84921062429     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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