After the fall: The global financial crisis as a test of corporate social responsibility theories

European Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 229-239

  Kemper, Alison ^a   Martin, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CSR; economic models; economic policy; nature of firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650508168     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2010.18     Document Type: Article

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