Corporate social responsibility in transnational spaces: Exploring influences of varieties of capitalism on expressions of corporate codes of conduct in Nigeria

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL.2, 2009, Pages 225-239

  Amaeshi, Kenneth ^a   Amao, Olufemi O ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Elliott Jaques Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative CSR; MNCs; Nigeria; Oil and gas; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749114511     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0192-z     Document Type: Article

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