Thoughts on the Evaluation of Corporate Social Performance Through Projects

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-186

  Salazar, José ^a   Husted, Bryan W ^a,b   Biehl, Markus ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance; Impact evaluation; Measurement issues; Project management; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955232985     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0957-z     Document Type: Article

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