Intangible economy: How can investors deliver change in businesses? Lessons from nonprofit-business partnerships

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-865

  Seitanidi, Maria May ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Intangibles assets; Non profit organizations; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249294470     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710753675     Document Type: Article

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