New Approaches to Evaluating the Performance of Corporate-Community Partnerships: A Case Study from the Minerals Sector

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-202

  Esteves, Ana Maria ^a   Barclay, Mary Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; cross sectoral partnerships; evaluation; mining industry; social licence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052397684     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0860-7     Document Type: Article

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