Strategic partnerships between MNEs and civil society: The post-WSSD perspectives

Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-27

  Eweje, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business sector; CSOs; Developing countries; Government; Strategic partnerships; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; CIVIL SOCIETY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 33847344607     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.295     Document Type: Article

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