The impact of corporate sustainability on organizational processes and performance

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2835-2857

  Eccles, Robert G ^a   Ioannou, Ioannis ^b   Serafeim, George ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Effectiveness performance; Organizational studies; Strategy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BEHAVIOR; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EFFECTIVENESS PERFORMANCE; NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84908593657     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.1984     Document Type: Article

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