Shaping corporate environmental performance: A review

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-231

  Gunningham, Neil ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate environmental responsibility; Environment; Governance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 70349528208     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.510     Document Type: Review

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