Cooperative business-NGO partnerships in Hong Kong: NGO perspective

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-192

  Mantel, Sukhmani Kaur ^a   Cheung, Dennis ^a   Welford, Richard ^a   Hills, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Environmental NGOs; NGO business partnership

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS; BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP; CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL SOCIETY; COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS; HONG-KONG;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 34548166278     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2007.014202     Document Type: Article

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