Toward a global theory of cross-border and multilevel corporate political activity

Business and Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-278

  Windsor, Duane ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate political action; Corporate social responsibility; Cross border strategy; Multilevel strategy; Multinational enterprises; Resource allocation; Strategy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249678356     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307301387     Document Type: Article

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