The long-term benefits of organizational resilience through sustainable business practices

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1615-1631

  Ortiz de Mandojana, Natalia ^a   Bansal, Pratima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

business sustainability; corporate social responsibility; organizational resilience; short termism; social and environmental practices

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; MANAGERS; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE; SHORT-TERMISM; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84939242849     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2410     Document Type: Article

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