CSR and small business in a European policy context: The five "c"s of CSR and small business research agenda 2007

Business and Society Review

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-552

  Spence, Laura J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36448969809     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8594.2007.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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