Implementing and managing economic, social and environmental efforts of business sustainability propositions for measurement and structural models

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-213

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wagner, Beverly ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; Economic; Environmental; Social; Sustainability; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923329960     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MEQ-09-2013-0099     Document Type: Article

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