The UN global compact and the enlightenment tradition: A rural electrification project under the Aegis of the UN global compact

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 264-277

  Egels Zandén, Niklas ^a   Kallifatides, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABB; Corporate social responsibility; Enlightenment; Institutional theory; Low income markets; Rural electrification; UN Global Compact

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349729692     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.209     Document Type: Article

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