Varieties of corporate social responsibility (CSR): CSR meets the "Nordic Model"

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-229

  Gjølberg, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 77955071239     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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