Firm and industry adaptation to climate change: A review of climate adaptation studies in the business and management field

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-416

  Linnenluecke, Martina K ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a   Winn, Monika I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS CONDITIONS; CHANGING DYNAMICS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; INDUSTRY ADAPTATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 84882247903     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.214     Document Type: Article

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