Corporate social responsibility, business strategy, and the environment

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-181

  Reinhardt, Forest L ^a   Stavins, Robert N ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Voluntary environmental performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954330586     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq008     Document Type: Article

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