The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges They Present to Corporate Sustainability

Organization and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-241

  Haigh, Nardia ^a   Hoffman, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate sustainability; hybrid organization; strategic management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC THEORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84910671076     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026614545345     Document Type: Article

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