The rise of the Global Reporting Initiative: A case of institutional entrepreneurship

Environmental Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-200

  Brown, Halina Szejnwald ^a   de Jong, Martin ^b   Lessidrenska, Teodorina ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CSR; GRI; Information disclosure; Institutional entrepreneurship; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 59949104503     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644010802682551     Document Type: Article

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