Exploring the integration of corporate sustainability into strategic management: A literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 2833-2850

  Engert, Sabrina ^a   Rauter, Romana ^a   Baumgartner, Rupert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Corporate sustainability integration; Literature review; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; DATA MINING; PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84958121496     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.031     Document Type: Article

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