CSR and inequality in the Niger Delta (Nigeria)

Corporate Governance (Bingley)

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 472-484

  Renouard, Cécile ^a   Lado, Hervé ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Development; Economic development; Inequalities; Multinational companies; Niger Delta; Nigeria; Oil; Redistribution; Social development; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865352292     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701211267810     Document Type: Article

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