Private Environmental Governance Through Cross-Sector Partnerships: Tensions Between Competition and Effectiveness

Organization and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-160

  Hahn, Tobias ^a   Pinkse, Jonatan ^b  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; cooperative strategy; corporate legitimacy; cross sector partnerships; environmental responsibility; firm level competition; global environmental issues; private environmental governance; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PRIVATE SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84902456213     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026614530996     Document Type: Article

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