CSR in SMEs: Strategies, practices, motivations and obstacles

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 490-508

  Santos, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR strategies; Empirical research; Portugal; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960774900     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111111154581     Document Type: Article

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