The many and the few: Rounding up the SMEs that manage CSR in the supply chain

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Pedersen, Esben Rahbek ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Denmark; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849090381     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910941975     Document Type: Article

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