'Going out': The growth of Chinese foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia and its implications for corporate social responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-167

  Frost, Stephen ^a,b   Ho, Mary ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CSR Asia ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Foreign direct investment (FDI); Investment; Outward direct investment (ODI); Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144452266     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.98     Document Type: Article

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