Market orientation, innovation and corporate social responsibility practices in Ghana's telecommunication sector

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-346

  Abdulai, Mohammed ^a   Hinson, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ghana; Innovation; Market orientation; Telecommunication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864579884     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111211247910     Document Type: Article

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