Investigating corporate social responsibility in supply chains: a SME perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1579-1588

  Ciliberti, Francesco ^a   Pontrandolfo, Pierpaolo ^a   Scozzi, Barbara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case studies; Corporate social responsibility; Developing countries; Small and medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR); ELSEVIER (CO); MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CASE STUDY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES);

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 47549102402     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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