Combating climate change through organisational innovation: An empirical analysis of internal emission trading schemes

Corporate Governance (Bingley)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 569-582

  Hörisch, Jacob ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Corporate social responsibility; EU Emission Trading Scheme; Global warming; Internal emission trading schemes; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885055234     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CG-06-2013-0077     Document Type: Article

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