The Role of the Private Sector in Global Climate and Energy Governance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 375-387

  Andrade, José Célio Silveira ^a   Puppim de Oliveira, José Antônio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architecture; Climate change; Energy; Governance; Private sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938747411     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2235-3     Document Type: Article

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