Linking organizational and field-level analyses: The Diffusion of corporate environmental practice

Organization and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-156

  Hoffman, Andrew J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0035018535     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026601142001     Document Type: Article

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