MNC Strategic Responses to Ethical Pressure: An Institutional Logic Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-390

  Tan, Justin ^a   Wang, Liang ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

business ethics; institutional logic; multinational corporations (MNCs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751575644     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0553-7     Document Type: Article

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