Enhancing global competitiveness through sustainable environmental stewardship /
edited by Subhash C. Jain and Ben L. Kedia.
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2011.
- xiii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- New horizons in international business .
- New horizons in international business. .
Papers from a conference organized by the Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) at the University of Connecticut and the University of Memphis, held in Storrs, Conn., May 14-16, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Climate change and global business : challenges, opportunities and research guidelines / Subhash C. Jain -- Sustainable enterprises : addressing management challenges in the twenty-first century / Paul Shrivastava and Raymond Paquin -- Globalization, environmental sustainability, and system equilibrium / John Alexander -- Institutions, MNEs, and sustainable development / Ben L. Kedia, Jack Clampit and Nolan Gaffney -- The effect of technology type on the adoption and effectiveness of global environmental standards / Glen Dowell and Ben Lewis -- The Global Reporting Initiative : collaboration and conflict in the development of non-financial reporting / David L. Levy and Halina Szejnwald Brown -- Driving to distraction or disclosure? : shareholder activism, institutional investors and firms' environmental transparency / R. Scott Marshall, Darrell Brown and Marlene Plumlee -- Dynamic networks and successful social action : a theoretical framework to examine the Coca-Cola controversy in Kerala, India / Sridevi Shivarajan -- How can sustainable environmental stewardship enhance global competitiveness? / Irene Henriques.
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Sustainable development--Congresses. Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Congresses. Business--Environmental aspects--Congresses. International business enterprises--Environmental aspects--Congresses. Social responsibility of business--Congresses. Competition--Congresses.