Corporate environmental responsiveness in India: Lessons from a developing country

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-213

  Sandhu, Sukhbir ^a   Smallman, Clive ^b   Ozanne, Lucie K ^c   Cullen, Ross ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate environmentalism; Developing countries; India; Organization theory; Qualitative case analysis

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; CASE ANALYSIS; CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIVENESS; INDIA; INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES; ORGANIZATION THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84877121862     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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