Stakeholders' perceptions about corporate social responsibility: Implications for poverty alleviation

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-103

  Okpara, John O ^a   Wynn, Pamela M ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 83755220596     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21441     Document Type: Article

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