Best practices in credit accessibility and corporate social responsibility in financial institutions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 251-265

  Prior, Francesc ^a   Argandoña, Antonio ^a,b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Colombia; Corporate social responsibility; Ecuador; Emerging economies; Financial institutions; Financial system; Microcredit; Microfinance; Peru

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349247049     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9799-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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