Corporate greening and changing regulatory regimes: The UK water industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 320-333

  Schaefer, Anja ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate greening; Economic regulation; Environmental management; United Kingdom; Water industry

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; WATER INDUSTRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74549203868     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.591     Document Type: Article

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