Corporate Social Responsibility, Ownership Structure, and Political Interference: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-645

  Li, Wenjing ^a   Zhang, Ran ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

corporate governance; corporate social responsibility; ownership structure; political interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957666389     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0488-z     Document Type: Article

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