Climate Change and Financial Performance in Times of Crisis

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 361-374

  Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a   García Sánchez, Isabel M ^a   da Silva Vieira, Cléber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Environmental performance; Environmental policy; Financial performance; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925374985     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1786     Document Type: Article

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