Stakeholders’ impact on the environmental responsibility: Model design and testing

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-223

  Smaliukiene, Rasa ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Corporate social and environmental responsibility; Developed; Developing economy; Emerging; Multinational enterprises; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549052138     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16111699.2007.9636171     Document Type: Article

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