The business paradigm for corporate social reporting in the context of Australian seaports

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-192

  Grewal, Devinder ^a   Darlow, Nicholas James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b c/ Furness Withy (Australia)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Development; Environment; Ports; Reporting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547227240     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100178     Document Type: Article

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