Strategic Corporate Responsibility in the Food Chain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 306-316

  Heikkurinen, Pasi ^a   Forsman Hugg, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; Corporate responsibility; Food chain; Resource based view; Strategic corporate responsibility; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ALISMATACEAE;

EID: 79961094799     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.257     Document Type: Article

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