CSR as a political arena: The struggle for a European framework

Business and Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ungericht, Bernhard ^a   Hirt, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

CSR; discourse; Europe; interest groups; lobbying; poltical dimension

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650900659     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1303     Document Type: Article

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