Corporate social performance as a business strategy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-412

  Dentchev, Nikolay A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Corporate social performance; Instrumental approach; Strategy; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744277441     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-1348-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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