Corporate social responsibility as a signalling device for foreign direct investment

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-163

  Goyal, Ashima ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; Foreign Direct Investment; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645137367     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510500520077     Document Type: Article

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