Financialisation and ecological modernisation

Environmental Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 224-242

  Fieldman, Glenn ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological modernisation; financialisation; innovation; shareholder governance; shareholder value; stakeholder governance; varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896707295     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2013.821826     Document Type: Article

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