Business-community partnerships: The case for community organization capacity building

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-311

  Loza, Jehan ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

business community partnerships; capacity building and community development; community organization; corporate citizenship; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444250754     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000039415.90007.56     Document Type: Article

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