Multinationals' political activities on climate change

Business and Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-228

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Pinkse, Jonatan ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corporate political activity; Institutional differences; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249722608     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307301383     Document Type: Article

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