Measuring Retailers’ Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 385-398

  Youn, Chorong ^a   Kim, So Young ^b   Lee, Yuri ^a   Choo, Ho Jung ^a   Jang, Seyoon ^a   Jang, Jae Im ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

consumer perceptions; sustainability assessment; sustainable development; sustainable retailing; top down and bottom up approaches

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; RETAILING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EID: 85014190704     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1924     Document Type: Article

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