A new politics of engagement: Shareholder activism for corporate social responsibility

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 227-239

  O'Rourke, Anastasia ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INVESTMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 0042624862     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.364     Document Type: Article

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