To bribe or to convince? Political stakeholders and political activities in German multinational corporations

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-67

  Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a   Berg, Nicola ^b   Puck, Jonas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business and society; Cross country comparison; Institutions and business; Political activities; Stakeholder management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847328468     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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