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“More than words”: Expanding the taxonomy of greenwashing after the Volkswagen scandal

Siano, Alfonso, Vollero, Agostino, Conte, Francesca, Amabile, Sara·2017·Journal of Business Research
DOI 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.11.002
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Authors
Siano, A., Vollero, A., Conte, F., & Amabile, S.
Venue
Journal of Business Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
71
Pages
27-37
ISSN
0148-2963 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.11.002
OpenAlex
W2556144780
Cited by
599
References
10
FWCI
51.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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