Environmental managers as institutional entrepreneurs: The influence of institutional and technical pressures on waste management

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 749-757

  Rothenberg, Sandra ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Environmental management; Institutional entrepreneur; Institutional theory; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248548674     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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