Social and environmental shareholder activism in the public spotlight: US corporate annual meetings, campaign strategies, and environmental performance, 2001-04

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1370-1390

  Clark, Gordon L ^a,b   Salo, James ^a   Hebb, Tessa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NATION STATE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149128091     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a39198     Document Type: Article

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