Organizational decision-making by German state-owned forest companies concerning climate change adaptation measures

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-65

  Von Detten, Roderich ^a   Faber, Fenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Decision making under uncertainty; Neoinstitutionalism; Organization; Sensemaking; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; NEOINSTITUTIONALISM; SENSEMAKING; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; MAPS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; ZONING;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84882627816     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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