"My Country's Future": A Culture-Centered Interrogation of Corporate Social Responsibility in India

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-147

  Mitra, Rahul ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Culture centered approach; Emerging economies; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858658427     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0985-8     Document Type: Article

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