"Implicit" and "explicit" CSR: A conceptual framework for a comparative understanding of corporate social responsibility

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 404-424

  Matten, Dirk ^a   Moon, Jeremy ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42249115214     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2008.31193458     Document Type: Article

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