Cultivating Ecological Knowledge for Corporate Sustainability: Barilla's Innovative Approach to Sustainable Farming

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 435-448

  Pogutz, Stefano ^a   Winn, Monika I ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

agri food industry; ecological knowledge; innovation; social ecological systems; sustainable development; sustainable farming

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HALOGETON GLOMERATUS; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84987911770     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1916     Document Type: Article

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