Constructing the license to operate: Internal factors and their influence on corporate environmental decisions

Law and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-107

  Howard Grenville, Jennifer ^a   Nash, Jennifer ^b   Coglianese, Cery ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 38349185162     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2008.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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