Uneasy alliances: Lessons learned from partnerships between businesses and ngos in the context of CSR

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-295

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Keshishian, Tamar ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business nonprofit alliances; Collaborative ventures; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Developing countries; Lebanon; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349114066     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9708-1     Document Type: Article

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