Stakeholder pressures and the global diffusion of the ISO 14001 initiative: A resource dependence perspective

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-28

  Xia, Jun ^a   Wang, John ^a   Wang, Yawei ^a   Xing, Ruben ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CER; Corporate Environmental Responsibility; International Organisation for Standardisation 14001; ISO 14001; Stakeholder pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951546259     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2008.020374     Document Type: Article

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