The institutional embeddedness of social responsibility: A multilevel analysis of smaller firms' civic engagement in Western Europe

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-162

  Koos, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Firm strategy; Institutional complementarity; Institutions; Political economy; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755207561     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr027     Document Type: Article

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