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Integrated management systems and sustainability - a review on their relationships
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This study explores how integrated management systems (IMS) as business tools relate to organizations’ capability of achieving sustainable development, and what knowledge gaps are still existing. Further, it discusses if IMS is only an antecedent of sustainability, or if there is a vice-versa relationship. Therefore, a systematic literature review (SLR) is performed to provide a summary of existing literature. In addition, an exploratory review adds to the discussion of a vice-versa relationship. (...)
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RONALTER, Louis Maximilian and BERNARDO VILAMITJANA, Mercè. Integrated management systems and sustainability - a review on their relationships. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. 2023. Vol. 34, num. 11-12, pags. 1438-1468. ISSN 1478-3363. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/214815