Signaling corporate values: Consumers' suspicious minds

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 70-81

  Aqueveque, Claudio ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Corporate image; Social responsibility; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544443039     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510604715     Document Type: Review

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