CSR communication intensity in chinese and indian multinational companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-442

  Lattemann, Christoph ^a   Fetscherin, Marc ^b   Alon, Ilan ^c   Li, Shaomin ^d   Schneider, Anna Maria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Governance Environment; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249151167     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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