Sustainability and competitive advantage from a developing economy

Journal of Global Responsibility

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 110-125

  Kwarteng, Amoako ^a   Dadzie, Samuel Ato ^a   Famiyeh, Samuel ^a  

^a GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Economic; Environment; Ghana; Global; Social; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118980735     PISSN: 20412568     EISSN: 20412576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JGR-02-2016-0003     Document Type: Article

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