Political views and corporate decision making: The case of corporate social responsibility

Financial Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-360

  Rubin, Amir ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CSR; Decision making; Elections; Headquarters; Political views

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749106986     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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