Corporate social responsibility strategy: Strategic options, global considerations

Corporate Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-187

  Galbreath, Jeremy ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate strategy; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646365044     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700610655178     Document Type: Review

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