Business responses to environmental and social protection policies: Toward a framework for analysis

Policy Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-32

  Rivera, Jorge ^a   Oetzel, Jennifer ^b   deLeon, Peter ^c   Starik, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social and environmental responsibility; Developing countries; Institutional theory; Public policy process

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549134214     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-009-9078-2     Document Type: Article

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