Unleashing sustainability transformations through robust action

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 167-178

  Etzion, Dror ^a   Gehman, Joel ^b   Ferraro, Fabrizio ^c   Avidan, Miron ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microcredit; Robust action; Sustainability; Sustainability reporting; Wind power

Indexed keywords

WIND POWER;

LONG-TERM GOALS; MICROCREDIT; MULTIPLE ACTORS; ROBUST ACTION; ROBUST STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS; WICKED PROBLEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84936802435     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.064     Document Type: Article

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