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Policy networks and firm behaviours: Governance systems and firm reponses to external demands for sustainable forest management

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    Benjamin Cashore

  2. Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

    Ilan Vertinsky (Visiting Professor)

  3. International Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honkong

    Ilan Vertinsky (Visiting Professor)

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Cashore, B., Vertinsky, I. Policy networks and firm behaviours: Governance systems and firm reponses to external demands for sustainable forest management. Policy Sciences 33, 1–30 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004728206505

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