Business, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity: New Horizons for Management Research

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-229

  Winn, Monika I ^a   Pogutz, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

biodiversity; corporate environmental management; corporate sustainability; ecological resilience; ecosystem services; ecosystems; interconnectedness; nature conservation; organization theory; strategic management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878908920     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026613490173     Document Type: Article

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