Topping up or watering down? Sustainable development in the privatized UK water industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-105

  Cashman, Adrian ^a   Lewis, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Regulation; Stakeholder interviews; Sustainability; Water industry

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; PRIVATIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847278901     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.472     Document Type: Article

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