Firm size matters: An empirical investigation of organizational size and ownership on sustainability-related behaviors

Business and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-349

  Gallo, Peter Jack ^a   Christensen, Lisa Jones ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

sustainability; sustainability definitions; sustainability policy; sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957504252     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650311398784     Document Type: Article

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