Partnerships for corporate social responsibility: A review of concepts and strategic options

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-167

  Nijhof, Andre ^a   de Bruijn, Theo ^a   Honders, Hakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b KPMG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate identity; Corporate social responsibility; Partnership; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749118974     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810846798     Document Type: Review

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