An Institutional Perspective on the Diffusion of International Management System Standards: The Case of the Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001

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  2011

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  Business Ethics Quarterly

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  Political Science, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.5840/BEQ20112115
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