Corporate environmentalism: The construct and its measurement

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-191

  Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construct; Corporate environmentalism; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346875930     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00135-1     Document Type: Article

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