Attitudes toward corporate responsibilities in Western Europe and in Central and East Europe

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-398

  Furrer, Olivier ^a   Egri, Carolyn P ^b   Ralston, David A ^c   Danis, Wade ^d   Reynaud, Emmanuelle ^e   Naoumova, Irina ^f   Molteni, Mario ^g   Starkus, Arunas ^h   Darder, Fidel León ⁱ   Dabic, Marina ^j   Furrer Perrinjaquet, Amandine ^k  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^h Centre for International Business and Economic Research   (Lithuania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^k SKIM Healthcare   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

CEE; Corporate social responsibilities; Economic responsibility; Environmental responsibility; Europe; Institutions; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954029547     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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