Predictors of various facets of sustainability of nations: The role of cultural and economic factors

International Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 849-861

  Roy, Abhijit ^a   Goll, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Culture; Environmental performance; Human development; Index of economic freedom; Inequality (Gini coefficients); Rate of economic growth; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904384686     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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