Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing

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Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing. / Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård; Sommer, Iben; Hansen, Gitte Laub.

In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2019, p. 567-575.

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Jensen, JD, Sommer, I & Hansen, GL 2019, 'Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing', Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 567-575. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1702

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Jensen, J. D., Sommer, I., & Hansen, G. L. (2019). Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 26(3), 567-575. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1702

Vancouver

Jensen JD, Sommer I, Hansen GL. Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2019;26(3):567-575. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1702

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Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård ; Sommer, Iben ; Hansen, Gitte Laub. / Value for the calorie? Corporate social responsibility and benchmarking analysis of calorie efficiency in food retailing. In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 2019 ; Vol. 26, No. 3. pp. 567-575.

Bibtex

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