Through Thick and Thin? How Self-determination Drives the Corporate Sustainability Initiatives of Multinational Subsidiaries

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 565-582

  Shah, Kalim U ^a   Arjoon, Surendra ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Corporate governance choices; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate sustainability; Developing countries; Energy sector; Multinational subsidiaries; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GAS INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OIL INDUSTRY; SELF DETERMINATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84942369312     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1838     Document Type: Article

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