Developing the wider role of business in society: The experience of Microsoft in developing training and supporting employability

Corporate Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-408

  Bonfiglioli, Elena ^a   Moir, Lance ^b   Ambrosini, Véronique ^b  

^a Board of CSR Europe ^*

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Employee development; Human resource development; Philanthropy; Skills training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747876749     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700610689513     Document Type: Article

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