Shareholder value versus stakeholder values: CSR and financialization in global food firms

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-314

  Jones, Bryn ^a   Nisbet, Peter ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Financialization; Human resources; Industrial relations; Multinational firms; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953143928     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq033     Document Type: Article

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