Strategic ambiguity in emergent coalitions: The triple bottom line

Corporate Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-77

  Wexler, Mark N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Corporate communications; Corporate social responsibility; Ideas generation; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449100450     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280910931081     Document Type: Article

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