Industry Self-Regulation and Environmental Protection

The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  King, Andrew ^a   Prado, Andrea M ^b   Rivera, Jorge ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business enterprises; Environmental problems; Environmental protection; Firms; Industry self regulation; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924859937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199584451.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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