Talk the Walk: Measuring the Impact of Strategic Philanthropy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-464

  Maas, Karen ^a   Liket, Kellie ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corporate social performance; impact measurement; performance measurement; strategic philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957877557     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0690-z     Document Type: Article

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