Trajectories of sustainability reporting by MNCs

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-374

  Kolk, Ans ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fortune Global 250; Industry dynamics; Institutional factors; Reporting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956461996     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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