Family businesses transitioning to a circular economy model: The case of "Mercadona"

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Núñez Cacho, Pedro ^a   Molina Moreno, Valentín ^b   Corpas Iglesias, Francisco A ^a   Cortés García, Francisco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Case study; Circular Economy; Family business; Mercadona; Model; sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODEL; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85042202018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10020538     Document Type: Article

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