Google in China: Government censorship and corporate reputation

Journal of Business Strategy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 12-22

  O'Rourke IV, James S ^a,b   Harris, Brynn ^c   Ogilvy, Allison ^b  

^a Department of Management ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Corporate identity; Corporate image; Information media; Public relations; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249004570     PISSN: 02756668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02756660710746229     Document Type: Review

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