A review of 'theories of the firm' and their contributions to Corporate Sustainability

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 430-442

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a,b   Carpenter, Angela ^b   Huisingh, Donald ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Sustainability; Interpretation; Resource Based View (RBV); Stakeholders; Stockholders; Theories of the firm

Indexed keywords

GROUP THEORY;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; INTERPRETATION; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STAKEHOLDERS; STOCKHOLDERS; THEORIES OF THE FIRM;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938208956     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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