Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Visser, Wayne ^a,b  

^a CSR Manhein University   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR drivers; Developing countries; Future research; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055053431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211593.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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