Consumer stakeholder view of corporate social responsibility: A comparative analysis from USA and India

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-380

  Gupta, Shruti ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Corporate social responsibility; Multinational companies; Stakeholder theory; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960761409     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111111154518     Document Type: Article

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