Corporate social responsibility and corporate control: The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 1933-1951

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 824-862

  Abdelrehim, Neveen ^a   Maltby, Josephine ^a   Toms, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80455177348     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khr032     Document Type: Article

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