Corporate social responsibility practices in India: Approach, drivers, and barriers

Corporate Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-414

  Arevalo, Jorge A ^a   Aravind, Deepa ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; CSR barriers; CSR drivers; Emerging markets; India; Social responsibility; UN Global Compact

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051690341     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701111159244     Document Type: Article

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