On the resilience of Corporate Social Responsibility

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Harwood, Ian ^a   Humby, Stuart ^a   Harwood, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Procurement; Resilience; Supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960234652     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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