The role of MNEs in community development initiatives in developing countries: Corporate social responsibility at work in Nigeria and South Africa

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-129

  Eweje, Gabriel ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community development initiatives; Developing countries; Host communities; MNE

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646713003     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305285394     Document Type: Article

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