Climate Change and the Emergence of New Organizational Landscapes

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1431-1450

  Wittneben, Bettina B F ^a   Okereke, Chukwumerije ^b   Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby ^c   Levy, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon markets; climate change; political economy; socioeconomic regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869413801     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612464612     Document Type: Article

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