Signaling Environmental Stewardship in the Shadow of Weak Governance: The Global Diffusion of ISO 14001

Law and Society Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-373

  Berliner, Daniel ^a   Prakash, Aseem ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84877081146     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lasr.12015     Document Type: Article

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