Governing from the middle: The C40 Cities Leadership Group

Corporate Governance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Román, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Global warming; Governance; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049101398     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701011021120     Document Type: Article

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