The natural environment as a primary stakeholder: The case of climate change

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 347-359

  Haigh, Nardia ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Natural environment; Stakeholder; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ETHICS; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 74549198182     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.602     Document Type: Article

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