Balancing natural environmental concerns of internal and external stakeholders in family and non-family businesses

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-37

  Neubaum, Donald O ^a   Dibrell, Clay ^b   Craig, Justin B ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; External stakeholders; Family business; Firm performance; Internal stakeholders; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857641746     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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