Environmentally Sustainable Development through Stakeholder Engagement in Developed and Emerging Countries

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 583-600

  Dögl, Corinna ^a   Behnam, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business outcomes; CER; Corporate environmental responsibility; Developed countries; Emerging countries; Institutional theory; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; GERMANY; INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942365828     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1839     Document Type: Article

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