Philanthropy, integration or innovation? Exploring the financial and societal outcomes of different types of corporate responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-339

  Halme, Minna ^a   Laurila, Juha ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949101405     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9712-5     Document Type: Article

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