Nongovernmental organizations in business and society, management, and international business research: Review and implications from 1998 to 2007

Business and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-67

  Kourula, Arno ^a   Laasonen, Salla ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Literature review; NGO; Nongovernmental organization; Nonprofit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749302263     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650309345282     Document Type: Review

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