Geographic variations in the early diffusion of corporate voluntary standards: Comparing ISO 14001 and the Global Compact

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-365

  Perkins, Richard ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 77449103315     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4249     Document Type: Article

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