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Internalization of Environmental Practices and Institutional Complexity: Can Stakeholders Pressures Encourage Greenwashing?

Testa, Francesco, Boiral, Olivier, Iraldo, Fabio·2018·Journal of Business Ethics
DOI 10.1007/s10551-015-2960-2
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Testa, F., Boiral, O., & Iraldo, F.
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Journal of Business Ethics
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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2015-11-21
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147
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2
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287-307
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10.1007/s10551-015-2960-2
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