Measuring the impacts of NGO partnerships: The corporate and societal benefits of community involvement

Corporate Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-426

  Hansen, Erik G ^a   Spitzeck, Heiko ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DOM CABRAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Corporate community involvement; Corporate social responsibility; Non governmental organizations; Performance measurement systems; Pharmaceuticals industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051677051     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701111159253     Document Type: Article

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