Corporate sustainability and inclusive development: highlights from international business and management research

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-18

  Kourula, Arno ^a,b   Pisani, Niccolò ^a   Kolk, Ans ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85012066317     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.01.003     Document Type: Review

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