Corporate social responsibility in Ireland: Barriers and opportunities experienced by SMEs when undertaking CSR

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 516-523

  Sweeney, Lorraine ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ireland; Small to medium sized enterprises; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449125388     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710820597     Document Type: Article

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