SMEs and CSR: An approach to CSR in their own words

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Murillo, David ^a,b,c   Lozano, Josep M ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Corporations and Society   (Spain)

^c IPES ^*

^d UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^e Institute for the Individual

^f International Editorial Board ^*  (Spain)

^g Business Ethics Inter facultculty Group

Author keywords

Business case study; CSR motivations; CSR perception; Public policy; Qualitative research; Responsible competitiveness; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749392719     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9181-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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