Resources and Capabilities of Triple Bottom Line Firms: Going Over Old or Breaking New Ground?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 623-642

  Glavas, Ante ^a   Mish, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b All4One Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Resource based view; Social entrepreneurship; Sustainability; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892947286     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2067-1     Document Type: Article

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