The effects of procurement policies on 'downstream' corporate social responsibility activity: Content-analytic insights into the views and actions of sme owner-managers

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-277

  Baden, Denise ^a   Harwood, Ian A ^a   Woodward, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ceiling effect; content thematic analysis; corporate social responsibility; CSR; procurement; SMEs; supply chain(s); sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958727233     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610375770     Document Type: Article

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