Interorganizational collaboration for regional sustainability: What happens when organizational representatives come together?

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-203

  Sharma, Aarti ^a   Kearins, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

interorganizational collaboration; regulation; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955692931     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886310381782     Document Type: Article

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