Corporate social responsibility and SME's competitiveness

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 129-151

  Tantalo, Caterina ^a   Caroli, Matteo G ^b   Vanevenhoven, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Business sustainability; Competitiveness; Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Small and medium sized enterprises; SME; Strategic CSR

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY; COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC CSR;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84858720437     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.045792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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