A critical assessment of how non-governmental organizations use the capital markets to achieve their aims: A UK study

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 372-385

  Waygood, Steve ^a   Wehrmeyer, Walter ^b  

^a Insight Investment   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TAXONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344688234     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.377     Document Type: Article

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