Corporate Adaptation Behaviour to Deal With Climate Change: The Influence of Firm-Specific Interpretations of Physical Climate Impacts

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 179-192

  Gasbarro, Federica ^a   Pinkse, Jonatan ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Corporate strategy; Oil and gas industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969557160     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1374     Document Type: Article

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