The effect of national corporate responsibility environment on Japanese foreign direct investment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-695

  Peng, George Z ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corruption; Development stage; Institutions; Japanese foreign direct investment; National corporate responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849104953     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9462-9     Document Type: Article

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