Business-NGO Collaboration in a Conflict Setting: Partnership Activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Business and Society

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-511

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Lenfant, François ^a,b  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b Cordaid ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

business NGO collaboration; community involvement; conflict; Democratic Republic of Congo; partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864695851     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312446474     Document Type: Article

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