Organizational legitimacy and the strategic bridging ability of green alliances

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 498-511

  Shah, Kalim U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Green alliance; Multinational corporations; Organizational legitimacy; Strategic alliance; Strategic bridging

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 80355137468     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.706     Document Type: Article

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