Globalizing corporate environmentalism? Convergence and heterogeneity in Indian industry

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 279-309

  Perkins, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; Corporate environmentalism; Globalization; Heterogeneity; India

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENCE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GLOBALIZATION; HETEROGENEITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40949142871     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-007-9007-3     Document Type: Article

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