The influence of firm, industry and network on the corporate social performance of Japanese firms

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-303

  O'Shaughnessy, K C ^a   Gedajlovic, Eric ^b   Reinmoeller, Patrick ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance; Industry effects; Japan; Keiretsu; Networks; Resource based view; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547268559     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9043-6     Document Type: Article

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