Corporate governance and business strategies for climate change and environmental mitigation

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 311-331

  Aggarwal, Raj ^a   Dow, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; corporate governance; environmental impact; strategic decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861637141     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2011.579745     Document Type: Article

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