Corporate social responsibility and organisational performance in container shipping

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-132

  Lu, Chin Shan ^a   Lin, Chi Chang ^b   Tu, Chiu Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Science Park Logistics Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container shipping; Corporate social responsibility; Multivariate analysis; Organisational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849133735     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560902749373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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