Business Strategy for Climate Change: An ASEAN Perspective

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 213-227

  Amran, Azlan ^a   Ooi, Say Keat ^a   Wong, Cheng Yew ^a   Hashim, Fathyah ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ASEAN; business strategy; climate change; institutional pressures; resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978923167     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1371     Document Type: Article

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