Variation in implementation of corporate social responsibility practices in emerging economies' firms: A survey of Chilean fruit exporters

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-100

  Klerkx, Laurens ^a   Villalobos, Pablo ^b   Engler, Alejandra ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agri food sector; Chile; Corporate social responsibility; Fruit exporters; Global supply chains; SMEs

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CHILE;

EID: 84861482889     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2012.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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