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Sustainability Performance Measurement for sustainable organizations

Samuel Petros Sebhatu
Service Research Centre Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden

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Published in: 11th QMOD Conference. Quality Management and Organizational Development Attaining Sustainability From Organizational Excellence to SustainAble Excellence; 20-22 August; 2008 in Helsingborg; Sweden

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 33:5, p. 75-87

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Published: 2008-12-09

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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

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sustainability performance measurement (SPM); Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); compliance; reporting; Communication; stakeholders; Organizational change; TRM

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