Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. / Johnson, Matthew; Halberstadt, Jantje; Schaltegger, Stefan et al.
Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics: Selected and Extended Contributions from the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. ed. / Jorge Marx Gómez; Michael Sonnenschein; Ute Vogel; Andreas Winter; Barbara Rapp; Nils Giesen. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2016. p. 259-274 (Progress in IS).

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Harvard

Johnson, M, Halberstadt, J, Schaltegger, S & Viere, T 2016, Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. in JM Gómez, M Sonnenschein, U Vogel, A Winter, B Rapp & N Giesen (eds), Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics: Selected and Extended Contributions from the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Progress in IS, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, pp. 259-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23455-7_14

APA

Johnson, M., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S., & Viere, T. (2016). Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. In J. M. Gómez, M. Sonnenschein, U. Vogel, A. Winter, B. Rapp, & N. Giesen (Eds.), Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics: Selected and Extended Contributions from the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection (pp. 259-274). (Progress in IS). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23455-7_14

Vancouver

Johnson M, Halberstadt J, Schaltegger S, Viere T. Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. In Gómez JM, Sonnenschein M, Vogel U, Winter A, Rapp B, Giesen N, editors, Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics: Selected and Extended Contributions from the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2016. p. 259-274. (Progress in IS). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23455-7_14

Bibtex

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