Towards true product sustainability

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 162, Issue , 2017, Pages 346-360

  Dyllick, Thomas ^a   Rost, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business sustainability; Net positive; Product innovation; Product sustainability; Sustainability oriented innovation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PLANNING;

BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE; BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; NET POSITIVE; PRODUCT INNOVATION; PUBLIC VALUES; SOCIETAL PROBLEMS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85024096282     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.189     Document Type: Review

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