The Chinese government's formal institutional influence on corporate environmental management

Public Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-529

  Rowe, Anna Lee ^a   Guthrie, James ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Corporate environmental management; Institutional theory; State development strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954735173     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.496265     Document Type: Article

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