Stakeholders' engagement in promoting sustainable development: Businesses and urban forest carbon

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-169

  Poudyal, Neelam C ^a   Siry, Jacek P ^a   Bowker, J M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental policy; Green product; Stakeholder attitudes; Strategic marketing; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLLUTION TAX; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 84856218233     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.724     Document Type: Article

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