Corporate reporting of cross-sector alliances: The portfolio of ngo partners communicated on corporate websites

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-230

  Shumate, Michelle ^a   O'Connor, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Interorganizational networks; Ngo; Symbiotic sustainability model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952531764     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751003758201     Document Type: Article

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