Corporate social responsibility practices in developing and transitional countries: Botswana and Malawi

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 3, 2009, Pages 429-440

  Lindgreen, Adam ^a   Swaen, Valérie ^b   Campbell, Timothy T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana; Corporate social responsibility; Malawi; Performance outcomes; Practices; Stakeholders; Survey; U.S.

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953168151     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0415-3     Document Type: Article

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