Factors influencing the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions in companies world-wide

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1133-1157

  Prado Lorenzo, José Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Domínguez, Luis ^a   Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a   García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climatology; Environment management; Global warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349618591     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910978340     Document Type: Article

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