Business and peace: Sketching the terrain

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 351-373

  Oetzel, Jennifer ^a   Westermann Behaylo, Michelle ^a   Koerber, Charles ^a   Fort, Timothy L ^b   Rivera, Jorge ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict sensitive business practices; Economic development; Peace building; Track two diplomacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952419536     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0411-7     Document Type: Article

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