Corporate social responsibility and different stages of economic development: Singapore, Turkey, and Ethiopia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 617-633

  Robertson, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Firm ownership structure; Integrative social contracts theory; International economies; International investment; Singapore, Turkey, and Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049109680     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0311-x     Document Type: Article

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