Corporate philanthropic disaster response and ownership type: Evidence from Chinese Firms' response to the Sichuan earthquake

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-63

  Zhang, Ran ^a   Rezaee, Zabihollah ^b   Zhu, Jigao ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic events; Corporate philanthropy; Corporate social responsibility; Ownership type

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149089619     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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