Corporate sustainability strategy - Bridging the gap between formulation and implementation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 822-834

  Engert, Sabrina ^a   Baumgartner, Rupert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Corporate sustainability; Corporate sustainability strategy; Corporate sustainability strategy implementation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MOTIVATION;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; STRATEGY FORMULATIONS; STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84951975847     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.094     Document Type: Article

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