Globalization and commitment in corporate social responsibility: Cross-national analyses of institutional and political-economy effects

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-98

  Lim, Alwyn ^a   Tsutsui, Kiyoteru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

environmentalism; global and transnational sociology; human rights; world society approach; world system theory

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTALISM; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856185477     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411432701     Document Type: Article

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