The political economy of CSR in Western Europe

Corporate Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-385

  Midttun, Atle ^a   Gautesen, Kristian ^a   Gjølberg, Maria ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Europe; Political economy; Social welfare policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747892235     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700610689496     Document Type: Article

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