A research design for mapping national CSR terrains

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-143

  Skouloudis, Antonis ^a   Evangelinos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; cultural specificity; responsible business behaviour

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS SERVICE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; RESEARCH WORK;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84859113491     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.606338     Document Type: Article

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