Governance choice for strategic corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Central America

Business and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-215

  Husted, Bryan W ^a   Allen, David Bruce ^b   Rivera, Jorge E ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Corporate social responsibility; Internalization; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952504014     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650308315504     Document Type: Article

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