Sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs: A business performance perspective

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Soto Acosta, Pedro ^a   Cismaru, Diana Maria ^b   Vătămănescu, Elena Mădălina ^b,c   Ciochină, Raluca Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL STUDIES AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

^c BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Business performance; Sustainable entrepreneurship; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84971228907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040342     Document Type: Article

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