CSR and the legitimacy of business in transition economies: The case of Russia

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Kuznetsov, A ^a   Kuznetsova, O ^b   Warren, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy; Russia; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949112120     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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