Drivers of Change: A Multiple-Case Study on the Process of Institutionalization of Corporate Responsibility Among Three Multinational Companies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-279

  Richter, Ulf Henning ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

case study research; corporate social responsibility; institutional entrepreneurs; legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961208743     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0811-3     Document Type: Article

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