"Keen to be green" organizations: A focused rules approach to accountability

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1200-1216

  Dwyer, Rocky J ^a  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Global warming; Management accountability; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349609916     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910978377     Document Type: Article

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