A Heuristic Model for Establishing Trade-Offs in Corporate Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 323-342

  Pryshlakivsky, Jonathan ^a   Searcy, Cory ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingency factors; Measurement; Metrics; Performance; Strategy; Sustainability; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939203817     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2806-y     Document Type: Article

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