Sustainable strategy formation at a Swedish industrial company: Bridging the strategy-as-practice and sustainability gap

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-147

  Egels Zandén, Niklas ^a   Rosén, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergent strategy; Strategic activity; Strategy as practice; Sustainability; Sweden

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMERGENT STRATEGIES; INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES; STRATEGY AS PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES; SWEDEN;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84928208362     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.072     Document Type: Article

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