CSR priorities of emerging economy firms: Is Russia a different shape of BRIC?

Corporate Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-385

  Preuss, Lutz ^a   Barkemeyer, Ralf ^b  

^a Royal Holloway   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate sustainability reporting; Emerging economies; Global Reporting Initiative; Industrialised economies; Russia; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051683120     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701111159226     Document Type: Article

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