Intra-Sectoral Differences in Climate Change Strategies: Evidence from the Global Automotive Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 265-281

  Damert, Matthias ^a   Baumgartner, Rupert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

automotive industry; climate change; content analysis; corporate strategy; institutional environment; supply chain

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BUSINESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANUFACTURING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85020182020     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1968     Document Type: Article

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