From periphery to center: How CSR is integrated in mainstream performance management frameworks

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-12

  Rahbek Pedersen, Ebsen ^a   Neergaard, Peter ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business excellence; Corporate social responsibility; Integration; Performance management; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949107997     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040810864341     Document Type: Article

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