Strategic organizational drivers of corporate environmental responsibility in the Caribbean hotel industry

Policy Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-344

  Shah, Kalim U ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Corporate environmental responsibility; Hotel management; Institutional theory; Resource based theory; Tourism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 80355144655     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-011-9130-x     Document Type: Article

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