Firm sustainable development and stakeholder engagement: The role of government support

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1145-1158

  Quan, Yi ^a   Wu, Huiying ^b   Li, Sihai ^a   Ying, Sammy Xiaoyan ^c  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic performance; environmental performance; environmental policy; government support; stakeholder engagement; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 85058798509     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.2057     Document Type: Article

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